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

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

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

4. According to the narrator, what do parents treasure given they think they may not witness it again?
(a) Their child's first cry.
(b) Their child's first laugh.
(c) Their child's first words.
(d) Their child's first smile.

5. What happens to light in the "14 May 1905" dreams?
(a) There is no light at all, only pure darkness.
(b) There is only blinding white light.
(c) Light exists as ribbons of multifaceted color.
(d) There is no intensity; light looks like fireflies.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Besso, what does Einstein live without?

2. Where is Einstein looking as the second Interlude comes to a close?

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

4. To what does the Zytgloggeturm pay tribute?

5. On the last day of the world, who are the people with the unnatural smiles?

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