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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. Why is the woman, hiding at no. 22 Kamgasse, crouching in the shadows?
(a) She is afraid of being attacked.
(b) She has been assaulted and does not know whom to trust.
(c) She is not sure where she is.
(d) She is afraid of kicking up dust.

2. What happens to the woman described in the "2 June 1905" dream?
(a) She grows younger.
(b) She grows younger rapidly from old woman to young woman in less than a week.
(c) She grows younger but with significantly devastating side effects.
(d) She awakens each day not knowing how old she will be.

3. According to the "29 May 1905" dream, why does this world exist as it does?
(a) Time passes more slowly for those who keep order.
(b) Time passes in slow motion.
(c) Time passes more slowly for those in motion.
(d) Time passes more slowly for those in distress.

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

5. According to the narrator, why do "cursed citizens wrestle with their bedsheets"?
(a) Because they have sinned.
(b) Because they feel torn by time.
(c) Because their lives are in shambles.
(d) Because their mistakes will be repeated.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are people described as, in the "22 June 1905" dream, in regards to life?

2. What kind of person does Besso think Einstein is?

3. How does a traveler from the future talk?

4. One day before the end of the world, how are the streets described?

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

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