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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 are events triggered in the world described in the "10 June 1905" dream?
(a) By other events.
(b) By time alone.
(c) By meeting standards.
(d) By measurements.

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

3. What is the paper on that Einstein set on Besso's desk (as told in the second Interlude)?
(a) Transformation equations.
(b) Relativity.
(c) Electromagnetics.
(d) Electrodynamics.

4. What is wrong with the people who live in the world described in the "20 May 1905" dream?
(a) They have no future.
(b) They have no hope.
(c) They have no dreams.
(d) They have no memories.

5. Where do all of the people gather one minute before the end of the world?
(a) In the square.
(b) In the water of the Aare.
(c) On the Kunst museum grounds.
(d) On the grounds of their churches.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the "20 May 1905 dream, what must people do at the end of the day?

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

3. How old is Einstein in the novel?

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

5. According to the dream on "24 April 1905," what happens when the two "times" meet?

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