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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. Where did Basso and Einstein meet?
(a) Wohlen.
(b) Maur.
(c) Uster.
(d) Zurich.

2. To take advantage of what scientists have discovered in the past, what have some people done to their homes?
(a) Placed them on stilts in the mountains.
(b) Built them with no contract on time.
(c) Built them in caves.
(d) Built them on boats over the Equator.

3. According to the "14 May 1905" dream, why do children who have left the city curse their parents?
(a) For bearing them in the first place.
(b) For loving them too much.
(c) For trying to hold them forever.
(d) For extending their life.

4. What do those of religious faith see time as evidence of?
(a) God.
(b) The Apocalypse.
(c) The Second Coming.
(d) Death.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is wrong with the people who live in the world described in the "20 May 1905" dream?

2. What happens one month before the end of the world?

3. Why will schools close a year before the end of the world?

4. How does the world in the "15 May 1905" exist?

5. In the world described in the "11 May 1905" dream, what happens in the springtime?

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