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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 happens one month before the end of the world?
(a) Governments will shut down and martial law will take over.
(b) Cities will be shut down and people will move to the country.
(c) Families will gather to spend the last month together.
(d) Businesses will close.

2. How old is Einstein in the novel?
(a) 27.
(b) 28.
(c) 25.
(d) 26.

3. How many dimensions does the man in the leather coat live in simultaneously?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) Five.
(d) Four.

4. Why will schools close a year before the end of the world?
(a) Because schools were to be used as relief centers.
(b) Because families want time to spend together.
(c) Because there will be no need to learn with the end so close.
(d) Because "end of the world" vacations needed to be taken.

5. What happens to light in the "14 May 1905" dreams?
(a) There is only blinding white light.
(b) There is no light at all, only pure darkness.
(c) There is no intensity; light looks like fireflies.
(d) Light exists as ribbons of multifaceted color.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the Swiss and English couples meet yearly?

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

3. How does a traveler from the future talk?

4. According to the narrator, why do "cursed citizens wrestle with their bedsheets"?

5. Who is the woman saying goodbye to in the hospital on Gerberngasse?

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