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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. Why will schools close a year before the end of the world?
(a) Because there will be no need to learn with the end so close.
(b) Because "end of the world" vacations needed to be taken.
(c) Because families want time to spend together.
(d) Because schools were to be used as relief centers.

2. What happens to time in the "14 May 1905" dream?
(a) Time stands still.
(b) Time moves slowly.
(c) Time is sped up.
(d) Time is set in a constant loop.

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

4. What is the name of Basso's wife?
(a) Viveka.
(b) Freja.
(c) Svea.
(d) Anna.

5. 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) Built them on boats over the Equator.
(c) Placed them on stilts in the mountains.
(d) Built them in caves.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why is the woman, hiding at no. 22 Kamgasse, crouching in the shadows?

4. According to the "14 May 1905" dream, why do children who have left the city curse their parents?

5. Finish the following line: "A world in which time is absolute is a world of ____________."

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Einstein's appearance at the patent office.

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

3. Why does Besso believe that there are problems with Einstein's reasoning behind his creation of a theory of time?

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

5. How can one identify people who have been transported back in time? (16 April 1905)

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

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

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

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

10. What happens when there is only one day until the end of the world?

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