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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 do the Laters walk and dress?

2. In the "2 June 1905" dream, how does the story of the woman end?

3. According to the "22 May 1905" dream, how does time flow in the world described?

4. In the second Interlude, what is the first dialogue between Besso and Einstein that the reader comes across?

5. What time of the day is it at the beginning of the second Interlude?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the life of a peach in the world where time travels in reverse.

2. Describe the way that time is experienced in the 5 June 1905 dream.

3. What happens to the "withered woman" from the 2 June 1905 dream?

4. Describe the life of a "Now."

5. Describe what happens between the baker and the woman in the 17 June 1905 dream.

6. Why does the young man in the 17 June 1905 dream leave his lover and tell her he cannot see her again?

7. In the 22 May 1905 dream, what happens for those who have seen a glimpse of their future?

8. According to the 3 June 1905 dream, describe how a person born in December exists.

9. How does the narrator describe a world without a future?

10. What has the young woman at no. 27 Viktoriastrasse missed in her life because of the sudden thrust into the future?

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

Answer the following essay question being sure to use at least two examples and fully explaining the reasoning behind your answer:

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

Essay Topic 3

Regard the novel as a whole. What did you find meaningful or meaningless? What gave you the most to think about and why? Did any part of the novel cause you to look at life and time and redefine the actions of your own life? What parts of the novel caused this re-defining of your own life? Why? Cite specific examples from the text to support your responses.

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