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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. What do travelers from the future envy?
(a) Vocalization.
(b) People who live in their own time.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Hunger.

2. 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 words.
(c) Their child's first cry.
(d) Their child's first smile.

3. What does the narrator want readers to consider in the "3 May 1905" dream?
(a) A world in which cause and effect are erratic.
(b) A world in which cause and effect balance.
(c) A world in which life and death balance.
(d) A world in which life and death do not balance.

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

5. What is the name of Einstein's wife?
(a) Marit.
(b) Gulla.
(c) Karin.
(d) Mileva.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Einstein sneak away from his wife in the middle of the night?

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

4. What are the two times explained in the "24 April 1905" dream?

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

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