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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 20 May, 1905 through Interlude.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What actions of Einstein's surprised Besso when he looked like Einstein does now?
(a) When Einstein quit his own job to care for Besso.
(b) Einstein took Besso into his home and cared for him for a month.
(c) When Einstein took a leave from work to travel with Besso on a personal health vacation.
(d) When Einstein came to Besso's home to care for him.

2. According to the dream on "24 April 1905," what happens when the two "times" meet?
(a) Desperation.
(b) Chaos.
(c) Splendor.
(d) Contentment.

3. Why does Einstein want to understand time?
(a) To slow time down.
(b) To be able to plan his life more accordingly.
(c) To get close to The Old One.
(d) To speed time up.

4. According to the "4 May 1905" dream, "If time and the passage of events are the same" what happens to time?
(a) People move very fast.
(b) Time barely moves at all.
(c) Time moves very fast.
(d) People barely move at all.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What invention preceded the notice of the "speed effect"?

3. What is the last image readers are left with at the end of the "15 May 1905" dream?

4. In the "10 May 1905" dream, why is one man sitting at a table weeping uncontrollably?

5. Why is the woman, hiding at no. 22 Kamgasse, crouching in the shadows?

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