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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 26 April, 1905 through Interlude.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is time compared to in the "16 April 1905" dream?
(a) A cocoon.
(b) A dream.
(c) A flow of water.
(d) A tree with leaves turning due to fall.

2. According to the narrator, without commitment there is what?
(a) Hate.
(b) Chaos.
(c) Sadness.
(d) Upheaval.

3. What kind of person does Besso think Einstein is?
(a) A recluse and introvert.
(b) A man torn by innovations.
(c) A man exalted too early in life.
(d) A socialite and extrovert.

4. Why does the terrace of the Bundesterrasse have a striking view?
(a) Because of the view of the Bundes Falls.
(b) Because of the view of the square.
(c) Because of the view of the cathedral.
(d) Because of the Aare river and the Bernese Alps.

5. Why is the woman, hiding at no. 22 Kamgasse, crouching in the shadows?
(a) She is afraid of kicking up dust.
(b) She is not sure where she is.
(c) She is afraid of being attacked.
(d) She has been assaulted and does not know whom to trust.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the woman in the linen shop on Amthausgasse?

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

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

4. What is the woman in the shadows waiting for?

5. What month is it in the "19 April 1905" dream?

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