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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. According to the "4 May 1905" dream, "If time and the passage of events are the same" what happens to time?
(a) Time moves very fast.
(b) People move very fast.
(c) Time barely moves at all.
(d) People barely move at all.

2. What is the narrator's explanation of such a short life in the "3 June 1905" dream?
(a) That the Earth is farther out in the solar system (like Neptune).
(b) That the earth spins forward only halfway through a full revolution and then moves backward to the starting point.
(c) That a person's heart beats so slowly and powerfully that the heart wears out quickly.
(d) The earth spins so slowly that it takes a whole life time to complete one revolution.

3. What does Einstein ask Besso for during the third Interlude?
(a) A coat.
(b) A blanket.
(c) A cracker.
(d) A sandwich.

4. On the last day of the world, who are the people with the unnatural smiles?
(a) Those who are stealing.
(b) Those who have not yet atoned for their sins.
(c) Those who are attempting to correct misdeeds.
(d) Those who do not think the world is going to end.

5. Why do some people, in the world described in the "29 May 1905" dream, refuse to look out their windows?
(a) Because they are afraid to look upon the clock tower on Kramgasse.
(b) Because they are afraid that others are moving slower than they are.
(c) Because they are mad that others are traveling faster than they are.
(d) Because they live in complete solitude and what no interference.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the woman in the "2 June 1905" dream begin teaching?

2. What rushes forward to envelope the people in the last seconds before the world ends?

3. To take advantage of what scientists have discovered in the past, what have some people done to their homes?

4. What is time, in the "17 June 1905" dream, described as?

5. Where is Besso's visitor from?

(see the answer key)

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