View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 2 June, 1905 through 10 June, 1905.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Einstein want to understand time?
(a) To slow time down.
(b) To be able to plan his life more accordingly.
(c) To get close to The Old One.
(d) To speed time up.

2. Who is responsible for discovering the "speed effect?"
(a) Sir Archibald Barrett of Munich.
(b) Mr. Alan Mulhouse of Massac.
(c) Sir Handel Moritz of Bern.
(d) Mr. Randolph Whig of Surrey.

3. In what month is the Prologue set?
(a) June.
(b) August.
(c) July.
(d) September.

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

5. According to the narrator, in the world described in the "22 May 1905" dream, what happens to people who have not had "their vision"?
(a) Their world is one of inactive suspense.
(b) Their world is one of constant success.
(c) Their world is one of constant reminders of deeds gone wrong.
(d) Their world is one of inevitable failures.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Besso invite Einstein to come to at the close of the second Interlude?

2. According to the narrator, what do people who have been transported back in time wear?

3. According to the narrator, without commitment there is what?

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

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

(see the answer key)

This section contains 341 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample