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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. Why does Einstein sneak away from his wife in the middle of the night?
(a) To walk in solitude.
(b) To work on equations.
(c) To meet a mistress.
(d) To drink with Besso.

2. What does the narrator want readers to suppose time is?
(a) An arc.
(b) A sphere.
(c) A circle.
(d) An ellipse.

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

4. What is the man on the fourth floor balcony looking down at?
(a) A red hat.
(b) A child playing in the street.
(c) A dog looking for food.
(d) A blue coat.

5. Finish the following line: "A world in which time is absolute is a world of ____________."
(a) Immediacy.
(b) Unpredictability.
(c) Consolation.
(d) Supremacy.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator, what is the room full of?

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

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

4. What is the name of the woman with the brocade in her hair?

5. How many times do the St. Vincent's Cathedral bells chime at the end of the 24 April 1905 dream?

(see the answer key)

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