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

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

3. For the town described in the "4 May 1905" dream, times passes, but what happens?
(a) Little happens.
(b) Nothing happens.
(c) Too much happens.
(d) Much happens.

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

5. 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 pitied.
(b) They are honored.
(c) They are feared.
(d) They are immortalized.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do those of religious faith see time as evidence of?

2. Where are Einstein and Besso walking in the "Interlude?"

3. According to the narrator, what is the physical body?

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

5. How many pages is the young man's theory of time?

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