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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 11 June 1905 through Interlude.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator say about a world with no time?
(a) People take too much for granted.
(b) There is no life without time.
(c) The world forgets how to function.
(d) Without time the world fails to progress at a natural pace.

2. Where do all of the people gather one minute before the end of the world?
(a) On the grounds of their churches.
(b) In the square.
(c) On the Kunst museum grounds.
(d) In the water of the Aare.

3. According to the "14 May 1905" dream, who makes pilgrimages to the center of time?
(a) Only newlyweds.
(b) Parents with their children and lovers.
(c) Those close to death.
(d) Everyone at least once in his or her life.

4. According to the narrator, why do people wear watches?
(a) As ornaments.
(b) As time keepers.
(c) As reminders.
(d) As weight for balance.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Einstein eating in the second Interlude?

2. For people in the world described in the "20 May 1905" dream, what does each one carry?

3. In the "2 June 1905" dream, how does the story of the woman end?

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

5. In the third Interlude, where are Einstein and Besso?

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