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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the world in the "15 May 1905" exist?
(a) Without time and with images.
(b) As a black hole, digesting everything in its reach.
(c) In black and white only, with no shadow or brightness.
(d) As a blank slate.

2. According to the narrator, what are people in a world of only one day?
(a) Accepting.
(b) Excited.
(c) Saddened.
(d) Equal.

3. According to the narrator, what is the room full of?
(a) Too many hopes to account for.
(b) Fluttering beliefs of accomplishment.
(c) Practical ideas.
(d) Dreams and desires.

4. What does the narrator want readers to imagine in the "3 June 1905" dream?
(a) That people live for only 12 hours.
(b) That people live only one day.
(c) That people live for only 36 hours.
(d) That people live for only 2 days.

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 inevitable failures.
(b) Their world is one of constant success.
(c) Their world is one of inactive suspense.
(d) Their world is one of constant reminders of deeds gone wrong.

Short Answer Questions

1. How are events triggered in the world described in the "10 June 1905" dream?

2. Why do some people, in the world described in the "29 May 1905" dream, refuse to look out their windows?

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

4. What does the narrator want readers to suppose time is?

5. What is the paper on that Einstein set on Besso's desk (as told in the second Interlude)?

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