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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 8 May, 1905 through 15 May, 1905.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do all of the people who have gathered together one minute before the end of the world do?
(a) Look to the sky and sing.
(b) Kneel and pray.
(c) Form a circle and hold hands.
(d) Lay down in family groups and hold each other.

2. What is the man on the fourth floor balcony looking down at?
(a) A blue coat.
(b) A red hat.
(c) A child playing in the street.
(d) A dog looking for food.

3. 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 their lives are in shambles.
(d) Because they feel torn by time.

4. In the "10 May 1905" dream, why is one man sitting at a table weeping uncontrollably?
(a) He was never able to tell his father that he loved him.
(b) His wife is dying of cancer.
(c) He just lost his job.
(d) His son has just passed away.

5. According to the narrator, what did scientists discover in the past?
(a) That time moves faster the farther one is from the center of the earth.
(b) That time has "blips" that stop all things living.
(c) That time never forgets its past.
(d) That time moves slower the farther one is from the center of the earth.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the "14 May 1905" dream, who makes pilgrimages to the center of time?

2. Why is the woman in the linen shop on Amthausgasse?

3. Finish the following line: "A world in which time is absolute is a world of ____________."

4. According to the "14 May 1905" dream, why do children who have left the city curse their parents?

5. In the world described in the "11 May 1905" dream, what happens in the springtime?

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