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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. 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 three minutes to four.
(d) At two minutes to two.

2. What song is the young man humming as he waits for the typist to come into the office?
(a) Beethoven's "Fur Elise."
(b) Beethoven's "The Creatures of Prometheus."
(c) Beethoven's "Fantasy in G."
(d) Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata."

3. According to the narrator, people in their correct time period do not make contact with those from the future. How are those from the future looked at?
(a) They are feared.
(b) They are pitied.
(c) They are immortalized.
(d) They are honored.

4. What does the narrator want readers to suppose time is?
(a) An ellipse.
(b) A sphere.
(c) A circle.
(d) An arc.

5. In the world described in the "11 May 1905" dream, what does the passage of time bring?
(a) Increasing anxiety.
(b) Decreasing order.
(c) Decreasing anxiety.
(d) Increasing order.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What month does the Swiss and English couple meet to vacation together?

3. Why does Einstein want to understand time?

4. Where did Basso and Einstein meet?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is there no communication between people of the present and people from the future? (16 April 1905)

2. What do the untidy people of the 11 May 1905 world do in life?

3. What are the benefits of a world in which time is absolute?

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

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

6. Why are some people unhappy in the world where time exists as a circle?

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

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

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

10. What happens to travelers as they enter the world described in the 14 May 1905 dream?

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