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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. What month is it in the "19 April 1905" dream?
(a) April.
(b) November.
(c) October.
(d) January.

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

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

4. How many dimensions does the man in the leather coat live in simultaneously?
(a) Two.
(b) Four.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator, what is the physical body?

2. According to the "8 May 1905" dream, what is the date the world will end?

3. According to the narrator, what did "just as things will be repeated in the future, all things now happening" do?

4. According to the narrator, why do people wear watches?

5. According to the "4 May 1905" dream, "If time and the passage of events are the same" what happens to time?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the tragedy of the world described in the 10 May 1905 dream?

2. Why does Besso think that Einstein is capable of anything?

3. Describe how the world is described in the 19 April 1905 dream.

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

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

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

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

8. What happens every day for the townspeople of Berne? (28 April 1905)

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

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

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