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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 are people in a world of only one day?

2. What does the European Union of 1979 depend upon?

3. Where do the Swiss and English couples meet yearly?

4. Where did Basso and Einstein meet?

5. How does a traveler from the future talk?

Short Essay Questions

1. At the end of the 26 April 1905 dream, what are the negative effects of living in the mountains?

2. Why does Besso believe that there are problems with Einstein's reasoning behind his creation of a theory of time?

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

4. Explain what the following statement means: Each time is true, but the truths are not the same.

5. What are the benefits of a world in which time is absolute?

6. What are the benefits of living in a world in which cause and effect are erratic?

7. For the world described in the 11 May 1905 dream, describe the differences between the past and the future.

8. What happens one minute before the end of the world?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose a dream that would be the best and worst match for your life. Write a compare and contrast essay regarding why one best suits you and why the other does not. Cite specific examples from the text to support your responses.

Essay Topic 2

In the novel, do you believe the past is just as important as the present and future? Why? What evidence from the novel leads you to believe this? Cite specific examples from the text to support your responses.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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