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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 narrator in the "22 May 1905" dream, a world that gives brief scenes from the future, what kinds of risks do people take?
(a) Few.
(b) Everything a person does is a risk.
(c) Only the risks that concern their children.
(d) None at all.

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

3. How does the world in the "15 May 1905" exist?
(a) As a blank slate.
(b) In black and white only, with no shadow or brightness.
(c) As a black hole, digesting everything in its reach.
(d) Without time and with images.

4. In the third Interlude, where are Einstein and Besso?
(a) At Besso's home.
(b) In a fishing boat.
(c) At Einstein's home.
(d) In the mountains.

5. How many pages is the young man's theory of time?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Fifty.
(c) Forty.
(d) Thirty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator want readers to consider in the "3 May 1905" dream?

2. What does the narrator say about a world with no time?

3. What happens one month before the end of the world?

4. Where does Besso invite Einstein to come to at the close of the second Interlude?

5. What month is it, in the "15 June 1905" dream, for the young man in the polytechnic in Zurich?

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