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

2. In the Prologue, how many times does the clock tower chime?
(a) Five.
(b) Four.
(c) Seven.
(d) Six.

3. Who is the woman saying goodbye to in the hospital on Gerberngasse?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her husband.
(d) Her child.

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

5. Why is the woman, hiding at no. 22 Kamgasse, crouching in the shadows?
(a) She is afraid of being attacked.
(b) She is not sure where she is.
(c) She has been assaulted and does not know whom to trust.
(d) She is afraid of kicking up dust.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of Basso's wife?

3. To what does the Zytgloggeturm pay tribute?

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

5. What is the name of Einstein's wife?

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