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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the "14 May 1905" dream, why do children who have left the city curse their parents?
(a) For bearing them in the first place.
(b) For loving them too much.
(c) For trying to hold them forever.
(d) For extending their life.

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

3. At what time do the people of Berne convene at Kramgasse?
(a) At seven minutes to five.
(b) At four minutes to three.
(c) At two minutes to two.
(d) At three minutes to four.

4. What did Einstein's theory of time begin as?
(a) An investigation of Plato's theories.
(b) An investigation of Socrates' theories.
(c) An investigation of electricity and magnetism.
(d) An investigation of survival of the fittest.

5. What is the woman in the shadows waiting for?
(a) To be arrested so she can keep her timeline of life intact.
(b) To hear a cardinal sing.
(c) To hear the church bells chime three times.
(d) To be carried back to her own time.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what month is the Prologue set?

2. What is curious about the town in the "10 May 1905" dream?

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

4. According to the narrator, without commitment there is what?

5. In the Prologue, how many times does the clock tower chime?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Explain the meeting between the two couples in the 4 May 1905 dream.

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

8. What effect does height have in the 26 April 1905 dream?

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

10. What is the problem living life within the confines of solitary moments? (14 April 1905)

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