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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. According to the "4 May 1905" dream, "If time and the passage of events are the same" what happens to time?
(a) People move very fast.
(b) Time barely moves at all.
(c) People barely move at all.
(d) Time moves very fast.

2. What month is it in the "19 April 1905" dream?
(a) November.
(b) January.
(c) April.
(d) October.

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

4. Where is Besso's visitor from?
(a) Paris.
(b) Rome.
(c) Prague.
(d) Venice.

5. According to the "8 May 1905" dream, what is the date the world will end?
(a) 26 September 1907.
(b) 9 May 1906.
(c) 12 December 2012.
(d) 9 June 1905.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say people transported to the past fear?

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

3. What rushes forward to envelope the people in the last seconds before the world ends?

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

5. One day before the end of the world, how are the streets described?

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