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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prologue through 24 April, 1905.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the woman saying goodbye to in the hospital on Gerberngasse?
(a) Her child.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her husband.
(d) Her father.

2. According to the narrator, what do parents treasure given they think they may not witness it again?
(a) Their child's first laugh.
(b) Their child's first smile.
(c) Their child's first words.
(d) Their child's first cry.

3. According to the narrator, what is the physical body?
(a) A thing to be ordered, not obeyed.
(b) A mass of organisms that pull in only one direction.
(c) A thing to be obeyed, not ordered.
(d) A mass of organisms that pull in different directions at all times.

4. According to the narrator, why do "cursed citizens wrestle with their bedsheets"?
(a) Because they have sinned.
(b) Because their lives are in shambles.
(c) Because their mistakes will be repeated.
(d) Because they feel torn by time.

5. What does the narrator say people transported to the past fear?
(a) Nothing. They are not aware of the time transfer.
(b) They fear not knowing how to act.
(c) A change they make in the past could affect the future.
(d) Making the same mistakes they made in the "future."

Short Answer Questions

1. How many pages is the young man's theory of time?

2. According to the narrator, why do people wear watches?

3. How many times do the St. Vincent's Cathedral bells chime at the end of the 24 April 1905 dream?

4. How does a traveler from the future talk?

5. According to the narrator, without commitment there is what?

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