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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 narrator, in the world described in the "22 May 1905" dream, what happens to people who have had "their vision"?
(a) Their world is one of uncompleted plans.
(b) Their world is fragmented.
(c) Their world is one of constant failures.
(d) Their world is one of guaranteed success.

2. What is happening in the young woman's house in the "15 June 1905" dream?
(a) She is having an argument with her boyfriend.
(b) Her parents are fighting.
(c) Her home is being robbed.
(d) Her home is on fire.

3. What time of the day is it at the beginning of the second Interlude?
(a) Late evening.
(b) Early morning.
(c) Noon.
(d) Mid-day.

4. What do all of the people of the world described in the "9 June 1905" dream have in common?
(a) A mastering of time.
(b) An infinite list of relatives.
(c) A lifetime to complete their goals.
(d) A long list of misdeeds.

5. What does the middle-aged man in the "2 June 1905" dream hope to know about that no one else has ever known?
(a) Nature.
(b) Laws of Time.
(c) Relativity.
(d) Facts about light.

Short Answer Questions

1. What actions of Einstein's surprised Besso when he looked like Einstein does now?

2. According to the narrator, in the world described in the "22 May 1905" dream, what happens to people who have not had "their vision"?

3. In the second Interlude, what is the first dialogue between Besso and Einstein that the reader comes across?

4. How is the world actually seen by its residents in the "5 June 1905" dream?

5. What can a person see from the cafe on the corner of Kramagasse and Theaterplatz?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the two different views people of the 15 June 1905 world can have.

3. Describe what happens between the baker and the woman in the 17 June 1905 dream.

4. What has the young woman at no. 27 Viktoriastrasse missed in her life because of the sudden thrust into the future?

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

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

7. In the 22 May 1905 dream, what happens for those who have not seen a glimpse of their future yet?

8. How does the narrator describe time in the 17 June 1905 dream?

9. How did the notion of the speed effect come to be known?

10. Describe the life of a peach in the world where time travels in reverse.

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