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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 11 June 1905 through Interlude.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what does the Zytgloggeturm pay tribute?
(a) Time.
(b) The future.
(c) The past.
(d) The infinite.

2. According to the narrator, what did scientists discover in the past?
(a) That time moves faster the farther one is from the center of the earth.
(b) That time never forgets its past.
(c) That time has "blips" that stop all things living.
(d) That time moves slower the farther one is from the center of the earth.

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

4. According to the dream on 3 June 1905, what is life a brief movement of?
(a) Arms and legs.
(b) A snowflake.
(c) A clock hand.
(d) Shadows.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is responsible for discovering the "speed effect?"

2. Where do the Swiss and English couples meet yearly?

3. Finish the following line: "A world in which time is absolute is a world of ____________."

4. According to the narrator, why do "cursed citizens wrestle with their bedsheets"?

5. While walking with Einstein, during the Interlude, what does Besso wonder about?

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