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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. What is the tragedy of the world described in the "10 May 1905" dream?
(a) Everyone is sick.
(b) Everyone is dying.
(c) No one can help but sin.
(d) No one is happy.

2. At what time do the people of Berne convene at Kramgasse?
(a) At three minutes to four.
(b) At seven minutes to five.
(c) At two minutes to two.
(d) At four minutes to three.

3. According to the "5 June 1905" dream, how does this world seem?
(a) Homogeneous.
(b) Erratic.
(c) Blinding.
(d) Common.

4. Where did Basso and Einstein meet?
(a) Maur.
(b) Wohlen.
(c) Uster.
(d) Zurich.

5. How old is Einstein in the novel?
(a) 25.
(b) 27.
(c) 26.
(d) 28.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the world actually seen by its residents in the "5 June 1905" dream?

2. According to the "4 May 1905" dream, "If time and the passage of events are the same" what happens to time?

3. Why is the woman, hiding at no. 22 Kamgasse, crouching in the shadows?

4. When does Besso remember looking like Einstein as he is now (second Interlude)?

5. According to the narrator, what did "just as things will be repeated in the future, all things now happening" do?

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