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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 does Einstein ask Besso for during the third Interlude?
(a) A cracker.
(b) A sandwich.
(c) A coat.
(d) A blanket.

2. According to the narrator in the "3 May 1905" dream, a world of sincerity is also a world of what?
(a) Imagination.
(b) Peace.
(c) Impulse.
(d) Forgiving.

3. 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) Only the risks that concern their children.
(b) Everything a person does is a risk.
(c) None at all.
(d) Few.

4. In the "15 June 1905" dream, how many years in the future does the young woman go?
(a) 10.
(b) 5.
(c) 15.
(d) 20.

5. How old is Einstein in the novel?
(a) 27.
(b) 26.
(c) 25.
(d) 28.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do those of religious faith see time as evidence of?

2. Who has Besso received a letter from announcing a visit?

3. What did Einstein's theory of time begin as?

4. How old is the young woman, in the "15 June 190" dream, when she finally stops her travel into the future?

5. Where is Einstein looking as the second Interlude comes to a close?

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