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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 26 April, 1905 through Interlude.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the narrator, why do "cursed citizens wrestle with their bedsheets"?
(a) Because their mistakes will be repeated.
(b) Because they have sinned.
(c) Because their lives are in shambles.
(d) Because they feel torn by time.

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

3. How many pages is the young man's theory of time?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Thirty.
(c) Fifty.
(d) Forty.

4. Where do the Swiss and English couples meet yearly?
(a) Rome.
(b) St. Moritz.
(c) Prague.
(d) Verona.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To take advantage of what scientists have discovered in the past, what have some people done to their homes?

2. Where did Basso and Einstein meet?

3. According to the narrator, why do people wear watches?

4. How many times do the St. Vincent's Cathedral bells chime at the end of the 24 April 1905 dream?

5. For the town described in the "4 May 1905" dream, times passes, but what happens?

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