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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For the town described in the "4 May 1905" dream, times passes, but what happens?
(a) Too much happens.
(b) Much happens.
(c) Little happens.
(d) Nothing happens.

2. Where do all of the people gather one minute before the end of the world?
(a) In the square.
(b) In the water of the Aare.
(c) On the grounds of their churches.
(d) On the Kunst museum grounds.

3. According to the narrator in the "28 April 1905" dream, what is visible in all places?
(a) Time.
(b) The past.
(c) Mistakes.
(d) The future.

4. What is curious about the town in the "10 May 1905" dream?
(a) The town exists one century in the past.
(b) The town exists in three different time periods.
(c) The town exists two centuries in the past.
(d) The town is split in two and exists as a repetition of each other.

5. What kind of person does Besso think Einstein is?
(a) A man exalted too early in life.
(b) A socialite and extrovert.
(c) A recluse and introvert.
(d) A man torn by innovations.

6. If a person holds no ambitions in the world described in the "4 May 1905" dream, what happens to him?
(a) He suffers unknowingly.
(b) He suffers knowingly.
(c) He lives life in wealth.
(d) He lives life in poverty.

7. Why does Einstein sneak away from his wife in the middle of the night?
(a) To work on equations.
(b) To drink with Besso.
(c) To meet a mistress.
(d) To walk in solitude.

8. According to the narrator in the "3 May 1905" dream, a world of sincerity is also a world of what?
(a) Impulse.
(b) Forgiving.
(c) Peace.
(d) Imagination.

9. According to the narrator, why do people wear watches?
(a) As time keepers.
(b) As weight for balance.
(c) As reminders.
(d) As ornaments.

10. What is the last image readers are left with at the end of the "15 May 1905" dream?
(a) A book lying on a table.
(b) A broken watch.
(c) A clock with pendulum stuck mid-swing.
(d) A yellow brush.

11. According to the dream on "24 April 1905," what happens when the two "times" meet?
(a) Desperation.
(b) Contentment.
(c) Splendor.
(d) Chaos.

12. Where is the young man's theory of time to be mailed?
(a) The German journal of physics.
(b) The European journal of physics.
(c) The Swiss journal of physics.
(d) The American journal of physics.

13. Who has Besso received a letter from announcing a visit?
(a) His uncle.
(b) His brother.
(c) His father.
(d) His sister.

14. What are the two times explained in the "24 April 1905" dream?
(a) Happy and sad time.
(b) Good and bad time.
(c) Mechanical and body time.
(d) Natural and imagined time.

15. How does time move in the "14 May 1905" dream?
(a) Outward in concentric circles, at rest at the center.
(b) Inward in concentric circles, exploding at the center.
(c) Inward in spirals, exploding at the center.
(d) Outward in spirals, at rest in the center.

Short Answer Questions

1. What song is the young man humming as he waits for the typist to come into the office?

2. Who is the woman saying goodbye to in the hospital on Gerberngasse?

3. How old is Einstein in the novel?

4. Where are Einstein and Besso walking in the "Interlude?"

5. In what month is the Prologue set?

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