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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 invention preceded the notice of the "speed effect"?
(a) The invention of the internal combustion engine.
(b) Newton's invention of the laws of universal gravitation and motion.
(c) The Wright Brothers' invention of the first engine plane.
(d) Da Vinci's invention of the parachute.

2. 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 are afraid to look upon the clock tower on Kramgasse.
(c) Because they live in complete solitude and what no interference.
(d) Because they are afraid that others are moving slower than they are.

3. In the "15 June 1905" dream, how many years in the future does the young woman go?
(a) 15.
(b) 5.
(c) 10.
(d) 20.

4. Why does Einstein want to understand time?
(a) To get close to The Old One.
(b) To slow time down.
(c) To be able to plan his life more accordingly.
(d) To speed time up.

5. What is wrong with the people who live in the world described in the "20 May 1905" dream?
(a) They have no hope.
(b) They have no future.
(c) They have no dreams.
(d) They have no memories.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How does the narrator describe births, marriages, and deaths in the 15 June 1905 dream?

4. According to the "4 May 1905" dream, "If time and the passage of events are the same" what happens to time?

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

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