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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. How old is Einstein in the novel?
(a) 27.
(b) 25.
(c) 26.
(d) 28.

2. What time is it in the beginning of the Epilogue?
(a) Nine a.m.
(b) Six a.m.
(c) Seven a.m.
(d) Eight a.m.

3. What is Einstein eating in the second Interlude?
(a) Sweet potato croquettes.
(b) Crackers.
(c) Cottolene.
(d) Banbury tarts.

4. How do the Laters walk and dress?
(a) The Laters walk absentmindedly and wear long dress like clothing.
(b) The Laters walk hurriedly so as to not be accosted into doing something now and they wear robes.
(c) The Laters walk with an easy gait and dress in loose fitting clothes.
(d) The Laters walk when they have to only and wear bed-clothes at all times.

5. When did the pilgrimages to the Great Clock begin?
(a) After the Great Clock was deemed important.
(b) After an eclipse.
(c) After the inventor died and all other clocks were destroyed.
(d) After a pope declared the Great Clock important.

Short Answer Questions

1. How can Besso tell that Einstein is making progress on his theory?

2. What does the narrator want readers to imagine in the "3 June 1905" dream?

3. What is time described as in the "22 June 1905" dream.

4. What does the narrator want readers to "suppose" time is in the "10 June 1905" dream?

5. According to the narrator in the "3 May 1905" dream, a world of sincerity is also a world of what?

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