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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. Where do the Swiss and English couples meet yearly?
(a) Verona.
(b) St. Moritz.
(c) Rome.
(d) Prague.

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

3. Who is the woman saying goodbye to in the hospital on Gerberngasse?
(a) Her husband.
(b) Her child.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her mother.

4. What does the narrator want readers to consider in the "3 May 1905" dream?
(a) A world in which cause and effect balance.
(b) A world in which life and death balance.
(c) A world in which life and death do not balance.
(d) A world in which cause and effect are erratic.

5. What is curious about the town in the "10 May 1905" dream?
(a) The town is split in two and exists as a repetition of each other.
(b) The town exists in three different time periods.
(c) The town exists one century in the past.
(d) The town exists two centuries in the past.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has Besso received a letter from announcing a visit?

2. Where are Einstein and Besso walking in the "Interlude?"

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

4. What did Einstein's theory of time begin as?

5. How does time move in the "14 May 1905" dream?

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