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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. How can Besso tell that Einstein is making progress on his theory?
(a) The way that Einstein's eye look glassed over.
(b) The dark circles under Einstein's eyes.
(c) The erratic way Einstein's hair is jutting out in all directions.
(d) The fact that Einstein has not changed clothes in three days.

2. What rushes forward to envelope the people in the last seconds before the world ends?
(a) Winds.
(b) Snow.
(c) Darkness.
(d) Flood waters.

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

4. In the "3 May 1905" dream, what have most people learned how to do?
(a) Live in the moment.
(b) Live in fear.
(c) Live in the past.
(d) Live for the future.

5. What is the last image readers are left with at the end of the "15 May 1905" dream?
(a) A yellow brush.
(b) A book lying on a table.
(c) A broken watch.
(d) A clock with pendulum stuck mid-swing.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Einstein sneak away from his wife in the middle of the night?

3. According to the narrator, what did scientists discover in the past?

4. What is the tragedy of the world described in the "10 May 1905" dream?

5. According to the "29 May 1905" dream, how does the world exist?

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