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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What happens to light in the "14 May 1905" dreams?
2. What is the name of Basso's wife?
3. What happens to time in the "14 May 1905" dream?
4. According to the narrator, people in their correct time period do not make contact with those from the future. How are those from the future looked at?
5. What does the European Union of 1979 depend upon?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the people who live by "bodily time."
2. How can one identify people who have been transported back in time? (16 April 1905)
3. How does Einstein's desk differ from the others in the patent office?
4. Why does Besso believe that there are problems with Einstein's reasoning behind his creation of a theory of time?
5. Describe the people who live by "mechanical time."
6. Why are some people unhappy in the world where time exists as a circle?
7. Describe how the world is described in the 19 April 1905 dream.
8. What effect does height have in the 26 April 1905 dream?
9. What happens one minute before the end of the world?
10. What is the tragedy of the world described in the 10 May 1905 dream?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the Great Clock. What problems are associated with placing all trust in a manmade object? What are the benefits associated with placing all trust in a synthetic object? Would you choose to place you life in the motion of the clock or not? Why? Cite specific examples from the text to support your responses.
Essay Topic 2
Choose a representation of time from the novel and examine why it is not a realistic representation of time. Cite specific examples from the text to support your responses as to why this "world" is the most unrealistic from the novel.
Essay Topic 3
The end of the novel can be very confusing for some readers. Einstein is said to feel empty after giving his theory to the typist.
- For those readers that were confused by this, discuss why this statement is confusing. What makes you confused about the ending? What could have been done to help you understand the reasoning behind the ending?
- For those readers that were not confused by the ending, discuss the ending for you. Why did ending the novel this way bring closure for you? How did this ending make sense for you as a reader?
Cite specific examples from the text to support your responses.
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