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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. How old is Einstein in the novel?

2. According to the narrator in the "28 April 1905" dream, what is visible in all places?

3. What kind of person does Besso think Einstein is?

4. According to the narrator, what is the physical body?

5. According to the "14 May 1905" dream, who makes pilgrimages to the center of time?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Einstein's desk differ from the others in the patent office?

2. How can one identify people who have been transported back in time? (16 April 1905)

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

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

5. Why do people in the 26 April 1905 dream choose to live in the mountains?

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

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

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

9. Why do schools close one year before the end of the world?

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

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 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 3

Take into consideration the many different representations of time described in the novel. Find the most realistic representation of time, described in a dream, and build a case as to why it is the most reasonable representation of what time could be. Be sure to use textual based examples to prove why this representation could exist in reality.

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