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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. According to the narrator, what is the room full of?

2. Where do all of the people gather one minute before the end of the world?

3. How does a traveler from the future talk?

4. In the world described in the "11 May 1905" dream, what happens in the springtime?

5. How many pages is the young man's theory of time?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to travelers as they enter the world described in the 14 May 1905 dream?

2. What happens when there is only one day until the end of the world?

3. Explain the meeting between the two couples in the 4 May 1905 dream.

4. What is the tragedy of the world described in the 10 May 1905 dream?

5. Describe how the world is described in the 19 April 1905 dream.

6. What do the untidy people of the 11 May 1905 world do in life?

7. What happens every day for the townspeople of Berne? (28 April 1905)

8. Describe the people who live by "bodily time."

9. Describe the people who live by "mechanical time."

10. According to the first Interlude, why is Besso worried about Einstein?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Answer the following essay question being sure to use at least two examples while fully explaining why the textual evidence is being used:

- What is your favorite dream from "Einstein's Dreams" and why?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the fact that the novel takes place over two hours of "real time." What is the importance of this fact? Given that the novel describes many different aspects of time, how does the novel support the multiple theories or does it actually play against the theme of time? Cite specific examples from the text to support your responses.

Essay Topic 3

Reread the 3 June 1905 dream. What "problems" do you find exist in this dream? What realities could actually exist in this world and what "realities" could not? What are the forces that work against each other in this dream? Cite specific examples from the text to support your responses.

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