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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 last image readers are left with at the end of the "15 May 1905" dream?
(a) A book lying on a table.
(b) A clock with pendulum stuck mid-swing.
(c) A yellow brush.
(d) A broken watch.

2. According to the narrator in the "22 May 1905" dream, a world that gives brief scenes from the future, what kinds of risks do people take?
(a) Only the risks that concern their children.
(b) Few.
(c) Everything a person does is a risk.
(d) None at all.

3. Why do some people, in the world described in the "29 May 1905" dream, refuse to look out their windows?
(a) Because they are mad that others are traveling faster than they are.
(b) Because they live in complete solitude and what no interference.
(c) Because they are afraid that others are moving slower than they are.
(d) Because they are afraid to look upon the clock tower on Kramgasse.

4. According to the dream on "24 April 1905," what happens when the two "times" meet?
(a) Desperation.
(b) Chaos.
(c) Splendor.
(d) Contentment.

5. According to the narrator, why do people wear watches?
(a) As time keepers.
(b) As ornaments.
(c) As reminders.
(d) As weight for balance.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the young woman staring at in the end of the "15 June 1905" dream?"

2. How old is Einstein in the novel?

3. For people in the world described in the "20 May 1905" dream, what does each one carry?

4. What month is it, in the "15 June 1905" dream, for the young man in the polytechnic in Zurich?

5. What does the woman in the "2 June 1905" dream begin teaching?

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