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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 20 May, 1905 through Interlude.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator want readers to consider in the "3 May 1905" dream?
(a) A world in which life and death balance.
(b) A world in which cause and effect balance.
(c) A world in which cause and effect are erratic.
(d) A world in which life and death do not balance.

2. In the Prologue, how many times does the clock tower chime?
(a) Seven.
(b) Five.
(c) Four.
(d) Six.

3. What happens to time in the "14 May 1905" dream?
(a) Time is set in a constant loop.
(b) Time is sped up.
(c) Time stands still.
(d) Time moves slowly.

4. Finish the following line: "A world in which time is absolute is a world of ____________."
(a) Unpredictability.
(b) Consolation.
(c) Immediacy.
(d) Supremacy.

5. According to the "14 May 1905" dream, why do children who have left the city curse their parents?
(a) For trying to hold them forever.
(b) For bearing them in the first place.
(c) For loving them too much.
(d) For extending their life.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does time move in the "14 May 1905" dream?

2. What invention preceded the notice of the "speed effect"?

3. According to the "22 May 1905" dream, how does time flow in the world described?

4. What is the paper on that Einstein set on Besso's desk (as told in the second Interlude)?

5. On the last day of the world, who are the people with the unnatural smiles?

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