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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 is the man on the fourth floor balcony looking down at?
(a) A child playing in the street.
(b) A blue coat.
(c) A dog looking for food.
(d) A red hat.

2. According to the "22 May 1905" dream, how does time flow in the world described?
(a) In alternating phases of fast and slow.
(b) In accelerating spurts.
(c) Unevenly and fitfully.
(d) Smoothly and consistently.

3. According to the narrator, what is the room full of?
(a) Practical ideas.
(b) Fluttering beliefs of accomplishment.
(c) Dreams and desires.
(d) Too many hopes to account for.

4. Where are Einstein and Besso walking in the "Interlude?"
(a) On Speichergasse.
(b) Near the Aase.
(c) On the Kierstach.
(d) On the square.

5. While walking with Einstein, during the Interlude, what does Besso wonder about?
(a) What his wife has cooked for dinner.
(b) Why he is not the man Einstein is.
(c) Einstein's plans for the future.
(d) Why he ever started this friendship with Einstein.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is curious about the town in the "10 May 1905" dream?

2. What month is it in the "19 April 1905" dream?

3. At what time do the people of Berne convene at Kramgasse?

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

5. Where is the young man's theory of time to be mailed?

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