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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 narrator, people in their correct time period do not make contact with those from the future. How are those from the future looked at?
(a) They are honored.
(b) They are feared.
(c) They are pitied.
(d) They are immortalized.

2. 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.

3. Where do all of the people gather one minute before the end of the world?
(a) On the grounds of their churches.
(b) In the square.
(c) In the water of the Aare.
(d) On the Kunst museum grounds.

4. On the last day of the world, who are the people with the unnatural smiles?
(a) Those who are stealing.
(b) Those who do not think the world is going to end.
(c) Those who have not yet atoned for their sins.
(d) Those who are attempting to correct misdeeds.

5. What do travelers from the future envy?
(a) Vocalization.
(b) Hunger.
(c) Sleep.
(d) People who live in their own time.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator, what is the room full of?

2. According to the dream on "24 April 1905," what happens when the two "times" meet?

3. To take advantage of what scientists have discovered in the past, what have some people done to their homes?

4. To what does the Zytgloggeturm pay tribute?

5. What is the woman in the shadows waiting for?

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