1. Why does Einstein want to understand time?
(a) To get close to The Old One.
(b) To slow time down.
(c) To speed time up.
(d) To be able to plan his life more accordingly.

2. In the "3 May 1905" dream, what have most people learned how to do?
(a) Live for the future.
(b) Live in the moment.
(c) Live in fear.
(d) Live in the past.

3. In the "15 June 1905" dream, how many years in the future does the young woman go?
(a) 15.
(b) 5.
(c) 10.
(d) 20.

4. Where do the Swiss and English couples meet yearly?
(a) Rome.
(b) Prague.
(c) St. Moritz.
(d) Verona.

5. Where is Besso's visitor from?
(a) Venice.
(b) Prague.
(c) Rome.
(d) Paris.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator, people in their correct time period do not make contact with those from the future. How are those from the future looked at?

2. What does the narrator want readers to imagine in the "3 June 1905" dream?

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

4. In the "15 June 1905 dream," where is the young woman at the end of the dream?

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

(see the answer key)

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