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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. Who has Besso received a letter from announcing a visit?
(a) His sister.
(b) His brother.
(c) His father.
(d) His uncle.

2. According to the narrator, what did scientists discover in the past?
(a) That time has "blips" that stop all things living.
(b) That time never forgets its past.
(c) That time moves slower the farther one is from the center of the earth.
(d) That time moves faster the farther one is from the center of the earth.

3. According to the narrator, people in their correct time period do not make contact with those from the future. How are those from the future looked at?
(a) They are feared.
(b) They are pitied.
(c) They are immortalized.
(d) They are honored.

4. What did Einstein's theory of time begin as?
(a) An investigation of Plato's theories.
(b) An investigation of electricity and magnetism.
(c) An investigation of Socrates' theories.
(d) An investigation of survival of the fittest.

5. What is the name of the woman with the brocade in her hair?
(a) Suzanne.
(b) Bridget.
(c) Josephine.
(d) Francis.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What kind of person does Besso think Einstein is?

3. If a person holds no ambitions in the world described in the "4 May 1905" dream, what happens to him?

4. According to the narrator, why do "cursed citizens wrestle with their bedsheets"?

5. According to the dream on "24 April 1905," what happens when the two "times" meet?

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