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

2. In what month is the Prologue set?
(a) June.
(b) September.
(c) August.
(d) July.

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

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

5. What are the two times explained in the "24 April 1905" dream?
(a) Natural and imagined time.
(b) Good and bad time.
(c) Mechanical and body time.
(d) Happy and sad time.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the European Union of 1979 depend upon?

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

4. Why does Einstein sneak away from his wife in the middle of the night?

5. For the town described in the "4 May 1905" dream, times passes, but what happens?

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