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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 "15 June 1905" dream, for the young man in the polytechnic in Zurich?
(a) June.
(b) October.
(c) December.
(d) July.

2. According to the narrator in the "22 May 1905" dream, a world that gives brief scenes from the future, what kinds of risks do people take?
(a) Everything a person does is a risk.
(b) Few.
(c) None at all.
(d) Only the risks that concern their children.

3. How long ago, in the "17 June 1905" dream, did the lovers meet?
(a) One week ago.
(b) One year ago.
(c) One month ago.
(d) One day ago.

4. Where are Besso and Einstein sitting in the second Interlude?
(a) Besso's home.
(b) A brasserie.
(c) A bookstore.
(d) A cafe.

5. Why do some people, in the world described in the "29 May 1905" dream, refuse to look out their windows?
(a) Because they are afraid that others are moving slower than they are.
(b) Because they live in complete solitude and what no interference.
(c) Because they are afraid to look upon the clock tower on Kramgasse.
(d) Because they are mad that others are traveling faster than they are.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is responsible for discovering the "speed effect?"

2. According to the narrator, the world described in the "11 June 1905" dream, is a world without what?

3. How does time move in the world described in the 2 June 1905 dream?

4. Who is carried into the woman's home (in the "2 June 1905" dream)?

5. According to the "22 May 1905" dream, how does time flow in the world described?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the second Interlude, to what does Besso compare Einstein's present health?

2. Why does the young man in the 17 June 1905 dream leave his lover and tell her he cannot see her again?

3. What is the young woman at no. 27 Viktoriastrasse doing right before she thrusts herself into the future?

4. Describe the way that time is experienced in the 5 June 1905 dream.

5. Why does the man at the graveside refuse to weep for his deceased friend?

6. Why do sunset and sunrise babies become frightened when the light changes?

7. How does the narrator describe the phenomenon of people only living one day in the 3 June 1905 dream?

8. According to the 3 June 1905 dream, describe how a person born in December exists.

9. Why have some inhabitants of the 29 May 1905 world become frustrated and despondent?

10. What happens to the "withered woman" from the 2 June 1905 dream?

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