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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 does the European Union of 1979 depend upon?
(a) The meeting of Fredderik Strauss and Ivan Tauchnik.
(b) The death of Sanze Kinterton.
(c) The marriage of Franz Kipperten and Penelope Marden.
(d) Hans Klausen's birth.

2. How does a traveler from the future talk?
(a) They cannot talk because they are mute.
(b) They scream animalistic sounds.
(c) They whisper tortured sounds.
(d) They speak in languages not understood by those around them.

3. Where did Basso and Einstein meet?
(a) Wohlen.
(b) Uster.
(c) Maur.
(d) Zurich.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to the narrator, without commitment there is what?

3. According to the narrator, what do parents treasure given they think they may not witness it again?

4. 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?

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

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