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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 18 June 1905 through Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator say people transported to the past fear?
(a) Making the same mistakes they made in the "future."
(b) They fear not knowing how to act.
(c) Nothing. They are not aware of the time transfer.
(d) A change they make in the past could affect the future.

2. What does Einstein ask Besso for during the third Interlude?
(a) A cracker.
(b) A coat.
(c) A sandwich.
(d) A blanket.

3. What rushes forward to envelope the people in the last seconds before the world ends?
(a) Snow.
(b) Darkness.
(c) Winds.
(d) Flood waters.

4. How is the world actually seen by its residents in the "5 June 1905" dream?
(a) Through sight alone.
(b) As though looking through the same camera for all inhabitants.
(c) Through different lenses by different people.
(d) Through the senses.

5. In the world described in the "11 May 1905" dream, what does the passage of time bring?
(a) Decreasing anxiety.
(b) Increasing order.
(c) Decreasing order.
(d) Increasing anxiety.

Short Answer Questions

1. To take advantage of what scientists have discovered in the past, what have some people done to their homes?

2. What happens to the woman described in the "2 June 1905" dream?

3. According to the narrator, without commitment there is what?

4. Where is the young man's theory of time to be mailed?

5. When did the pilgrimages to the Great Clock begin?

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