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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. What happens to the people in the world, described in the "10 June 1905" dream, who attempt to quantify time?
(a) They turn to stone.
(b) They turn to ice.
(c) They are banished into other "worlds."
(d) They leave to find a place where they can quantify time.

2. Where is Einstein looking as the second Interlude comes to a close?
(a) Towards the Bernese Alps.
(b) Into space.
(c) Towards the town clock.
(d) Towards Aare.

3. Who is the woman saying goodbye to in the hospital on Gerberngasse?
(a) Her husband.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her child.
(d) Her mother.

4. For people in the world described in the "20 May 1905" dream, what does each one carry?
(a) Their own personal Book of Life.
(b) Their own record of sins.
(c) A cross to ward off evil.
(d) Personal cameras to record their visits.

5. 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 moves slower the farther one is from the center of the earth.
(c) That time has "blips" that stop all things living.
(d) That time never forgets its past.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the third Interlude, what does Besso say that he sees in the clouds?

2. According to the narrator, what is the physical body?

3. How do the Laters walk and dress?

4. What is wrong with the people who live in the world described in the "20 May 1905" dream?

5. How does a traveler from the future talk?

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