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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. Why is the woman in the linen shop on Amthausgasse?
(a) To talk to her friend about losing her job.
(b) To purchase linens for a funeral.
(c) To purchase linens for her daughter's wedding.
(d) To talk to her friend about a project that is coming due.

2. What is the name of Basso's wife?
(a) Freja.
(b) Svea.
(c) Viveka.
(d) Anna.

3. What happens one month before the end of the world?
(a) Cities will be shut down and people will move to the country.
(b) Governments will shut down and martial law will take over.
(c) Families will gather to spend the last month together.
(d) Businesses will close.

4. What is the narrator's explanation of such a short life in the "3 June 1905" dream?
(a) That the Earth is farther out in the solar system (like Neptune).
(b) That the earth spins forward only halfway through a full revolution and then moves backward to the starting point.
(c) The earth spins so slowly that it takes a whole life time to complete one revolution.
(d) That a person's heart beats so slowly and powerfully that the heart wears out quickly.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Besso, what does Einstein live without?

3. What is the woman in the shadows waiting for?

4. For the town described in the "4 May 1905" dream, times passes, but what happens?

5. According to the "8 May 1905" dream, what is the date the world will end?

(see the answer key)

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