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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the world described in the "11 May 1905" dream, what happens in the springtime?
(a) The people gather at a central point and sing praise to Mother Nature.
(b) The season reverses and goes back towards winter.
(c) The people try to make the world disorderly.
(d) The people leave so that the town can realign on its own.

2. Where did Basso and Einstein meet?
(a) Uster.
(b) Zurich.
(c) Wohlen.
(d) Maur.

3. Finish the following line: "A world in which time is absolute is a world of ____________."
(a) Consolation.
(b) Immediacy.
(c) Unpredictability.
(d) Supremacy.

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

5. According to the narrator, what is the physical body?
(a) A mass of organisms that pull in different directions at all times.
(b) A thing to be obeyed, not ordered.
(c) A mass of organisms that pull in only one direction.
(d) A thing to be ordered, not obeyed.

6. According to the narrator, what is the room full of?
(a) Dreams and desires.
(b) Too many hopes to account for.
(c) Practical ideas.
(d) Fluttering beliefs of accomplishment.

7. How old is Einstein in the novel?
(a) 27.
(b) 26.
(c) 28.
(d) 25.

8. What do travelers from the future envy?
(a) Vocalization.
(b) Hunger.
(c) Sleep.
(d) People who live in their own time.

9. In what month is the Prologue set?
(a) June.
(b) August.
(c) July.
(d) September.

10. According to the "14 May 1905" dream, who makes pilgrimages to the center of time?
(a) Only newlyweds.
(b) Everyone at least once in his or her life.
(c) Those close to death.
(d) Parents with their children and lovers.

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

12. What happens to light in the "14 May 1905" dreams?
(a) There is no intensity; light looks like fireflies.
(b) Light exists as ribbons of multifaceted color.
(c) There is no light at all, only pure darkness.
(d) There is only blinding white light.

13. To take advantage of what scientists have discovered in the past, what have some people done to their homes?
(a) Built them with no contract on time.
(b) Placed them on stilts in the mountains.
(c) Built them on boats over the Equator.
(d) Built them in caves.

14. Why does Einstein want to understand time?
(a) To get close to The Old One.
(b) To slow time down.
(c) To speed time up.
(d) To be able to plan his life more accordingly.

15. What do those of religious faith see time as evidence of?
(a) The Apocalypse.
(b) God.
(c) The Second Coming.
(d) Death.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say about a world with no time?

2. What is the woman in the shadows waiting for?

3. What is the name of Einstein's wife?

4. At what time do the people of Berne convene at Kramgasse?

5. How many dimensions does the man in the leather coat live in simultaneously?

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