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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 11 June 1905 through Interlude.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Einstein's wife?
(a) Marit.
(b) Mileva.
(c) Gulla.
(d) Karin.

2. In the third Interlude, what does Besso say that he sees in the clouds?
(a) A dog chasing a child.
(b) A man on a horse.
(c) A goat chasing a man.
(d) A dog chasing a rabbit.

3. According to the "20 May 1905 dream, what must people do at the end of the day?
(a) Consult an address book to learn where they live.
(b) Follow a path created by string to find their way home.
(c) Call their loved ones to come get them.
(d) Pray.

4. According to the narrator, what did scientists discover in the past?
(a) That time moves faster the farther one is from the center of the earth.
(b) That time never forgets its past.
(c) That time has "blips" that stop all things living.
(d) That time moves slower the farther one is from the center of the earth.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Besso's visitor from?

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

3. In the "3 May 1905" dream, what have most people learned how to do?

4. Finish the following line: "A world in which time is absolute is a world of ____________."

5. Where are Einstein and Besso walking in the "Interlude?"

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