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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 is wondrous about the world described in the "11 May 1905" dream?
(a) No one needs sleep to re-energize.
(b) Money is not needed.
(c) Nothing is out of place.
(d) All inhabitants live in dream-like states.

2. Who has Besso received a letter from announcing a visit?
(a) His father.
(b) His brother.
(c) His sister.
(d) His uncle.

3. What are the two times explained in the "24 April 1905" dream?
(a) Good and bad time.
(b) Mechanical and body time.
(c) Happy and sad time.
(d) Natural and imagined time.

4. According to the narrator, what is the physical body?
(a) A thing to be ordered, not obeyed.
(b) A mass of organisms that pull in only one direction.
(c) A mass of organisms that pull in different directions at all times.
(d) A thing to be obeyed, not ordered.

5. Where are Einstein and Besso walking in the "Interlude?"
(a) On Speichergasse.
(b) On the square.
(c) Near the Aase.
(d) On the Kierstach.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Basso's wife?

2. Why will schools close a year before the end of the world?

3. Why does the terrace of the Bundesterrasse have a striking view?

4. What is time compared to in the "16 April 1905" dream?

5. What is the last image readers are left with at the end of the "15 May 1905" dream?

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