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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 is the man on the fourth floor balcony looking down at?
(a) A red hat.
(b) A dog looking for food.
(c) A child playing in the street.
(d) A blue coat.

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

3. What is the name of Einstein's wife?
(a) Gulla.
(b) Karin.
(c) Mileva.
(d) Marit.

4. What does the woman in the "2 June 1905" dream begin teaching?
(a) Anthropology.
(b) Science.
(c) Literature.
(d) History.

5. What does the narrator want readers to "suppose" time is in the "10 June 1905" dream?
(a) A sole existence.
(b) A quantity and not a quality.
(c) A measurement.
(d) A quality and not a quantity.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the third Interlude, where are Einstein and Besso?

3. What do all of the people of the world described in the "9 June 1905" dream have in common?

4. What do travelers from the future envy?

5. If a person holds no ambitions in the world described in the "4 May 1905" dream, what happens to him?

(see the answer key)

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