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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 happens one month before the end of the world?
(a) Cities will be shut down and people will move to the country.
(b) Families will gather to spend the last month together.
(c) Governments will shut down and martial law will take over.
(d) Businesses will close.

2. What month does the Swiss and English couple meet to vacation together?
(a) July.
(b) June.
(c) May.
(d) August.

3. One day before the end of the world, how are the streets described?
(a) Swirling in laughter.
(b) Full of animals who have taken over.
(c) In the process of being cleaned.
(d) Deserted.

4. According to the narrator, why do people wear watches?
(a) As reminders.
(b) As ornaments.
(c) As time keepers.
(d) As weight for balance.

5. According to the narrator, what do people who have been transported back in time wear?
(a) Tatters of clothes.
(b) Nothing; their clothing does not transfer to other time periods.
(c) Bright, illuminating clothing.
(d) Dark, indistinct clothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Basso's wife?

2. According to the narrator, what is a world with one month a world of?

3. What do all of the people who have gathered together one minute before the end of the world do?

4. According to the narrator in the "3 May 1905" dream, a world of sincerity is also a world of what?

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

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