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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. In the "15 June 1905 dream," where is the young woman at the end of the dream?
(a) In her husband's home.
(b) In her bed.
(c) In a nursing home.
(d) In her parent's home.

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 a person's heart beats so slowly and powerfully that the heart wears out quickly.
(c) The earth spins so slowly that it takes a whole life time to complete one revolution.
(d) That the earth spins forward only halfway through a full revolution and then moves backward to the starting point.

3. In the "11 June 1905" dream, what is the last thought that the young man has?
(a) That the world ends in cloudy skies.
(b) That the world ends in sunlight.
(c) That the world ends in rain.
(d) That the world ends in darkness.

4. Where does Besso invite Einstein to come to at the close of the second Interlude?
(a) To the Ristorante Cooperativo for dinner.
(b) To dinner at Besso's home.
(c) To the Colombia Restaurant for dinner.
(d) To dinner at the Basin Park Hotel.

5. To take advantage of what scientists have discovered in the past, what have some people done to their homes?
(a) Built them with no contract on time.
(b) Placed them on stilts in the mountains.
(c) Built them on boats over the Equator.
(d) Built them in caves.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the middle-aged man in the "2 June 1905" dream hope to know about that no one else has ever known?

2. Why does Einstein want to understand time?

3. What is the man on the fourth floor balcony looking down at?

4. According to the "29 May 1905" dream, how does the world exist?

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

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