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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the "11 June 1905" dream, what is the last thought that the young man has?

3. According to the "5 June 1905" dream, how does this world seem?

4. What time of the day is it at the beginning of the second Interlude?

5. How do the clouds appear, in the "17 June 1905" dream, after a gap in time?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe the life of a "Now."

5. What is the biggest problem associated with living in the 20 May 1905 world?

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

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

8. Describe the cafe that stands on the corner of Kramgasse and Theaterplatz.

9. In the 22 May 1905 dream, what happens for those who have seen a glimpse of their future?

10. For the world described in the 29 May 1905 dream, why are the inhabitants constantly in motion?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the limited use of illustrations in the novel. Why do you believe that illustrations are only used to lead into the "current time" of the novel? What is the importance of their placement? Do you believe that the illustrations are simply illustrations, or are they relative to the novel in a functional way? Why? Cite specific examples from the text to support your responses.

Essay Topic 2

Choose a representation of time from the novel and examine why it is not a realistic representation of time. Cite specific examples from the text to support your responses as to why this "world" is the most unrealistic from the novel.

Essay Topic 3

In the novel, do you believe the past is just as important as the present and future? Why? What evidence from the novel leads you to believe this? Cite specific examples from the text to support your responses.

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