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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. How can Besso tell that Einstein is making progress on his theory?
(a) The erratic way Einstein's hair is jutting out in all directions.
(b) The fact that Einstein has not changed clothes in three days.
(c) The dark circles under Einstein's eyes.
(d) The way that Einstein's eye look glassed over.

2. What is time, in the "17 June 1905" dream, described as?
(a) A length of braided rope.
(b) A stretch of veins in the human body.
(c) A congested interstate.
(d) A stretch of nerve fibers.

3. What does the narrator want readers to imagine in the "3 June 1905" dream?
(a) That people live for only 2 days.
(b) That people live only one day.
(c) That people live for only 36 hours.
(d) That people live for only 12 hours.

4. How is the world actually seen by its residents in the "5 June 1905" dream?
(a) Through different lenses by different people.
(b) Through the senses.
(c) Through sight alone.
(d) As though looking through the same camera for all inhabitants.

5. How does the narrator describe births, marriages, and deaths in the 15 June 1905 dream?
(a) Signposts in time.
(b) Overly significant happenings.
(c) Insignificant happenings.
(d) Doors to choose to enter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator want readers to "suppose" in the "9 June 1905" dream?

2. According to the "29 May 1905" dream, why does this world exist as it does?

3. According to the narrator, in the world described in the "22 May 1905" dream, what happens to people who have not had "their vision"?

4. What is the paper on that Einstein set on Besso's desk (as told in the second Interlude)?

5. According to the narrator, what did "just as things will be repeated in the future, all things now happening" do?

(see the answer key)

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