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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 26 April, 1905 through Interlude.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why is the woman in the linen shop on Amthausgasse?
(a) To talk to her friend about losing her job.
(b) To talk to her friend about a project that is coming due.
(c) To purchase linens for her daughter's wedding.
(d) To purchase linens for a funeral.

3. What is the name of Basso's wife?
(a) Viveka.
(b) Svea.
(c) Anna.
(d) Freja.

4. Finish the following line: "A world in which time is absolute is a world of ____________."
(a) Unpredictability.
(b) Supremacy.
(c) Immediacy.
(d) Consolation.

5. To what does the Zytgloggeturm pay tribute?
(a) Time.
(b) The past.
(c) The infinite.
(d) The future.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what time do the people of Berne convene at Kramgasse?

2. What month does the Swiss and English couple meet to vacation together?

3. What kind of person does Besso think Einstein is?

4. What is the name of Einstein's wife?

5. Why is the woman, hiding at no. 22 Kamgasse, crouching in the shadows?

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