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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 do all of the people who have gathered together one minute before the end of the world do?
(a) Look to the sky and sing.
(b) Kneel and pray.
(c) Lay down in family groups and hold each other.
(d) Form a circle and hold hands.

2. Where is Einstein looking as the second Interlude comes to a close?
(a) Towards the Bernese Alps.
(b) Into space.
(c) Towards the town clock.
(d) Towards Aare.

3. According to the dream on 3 June 1905, what is life a brief movement of?
(a) A clock hand.
(b) Arms and legs.
(c) Shadows.
(d) A snowflake.

4. What happens one month before the end of the world?
(a) Governments will shut down and martial law will take over.
(b) Businesses will close.
(c) Families will gather to spend the last month together.
(d) Cities will be shut down and people will move to the country.

5. One day before the end of the world, how are the streets described?
(a) Swirling in laughter.
(b) In the process of being cleaned.
(c) Deserted.
(d) Full of animals who have taken over.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the man at the graveside ("2 June 1905" dream) not weep for his friend?

2. Who is the woman saying goodbye to in the hospital on Gerberngasse?

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

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

5. Why will schools close a year before the end of the world?

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