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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 26 April, 1905 through Interlude.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the "4 May 1905" dream, "If time and the passage of events are the same" what happens to time?
(a) People barely move at all.
(b) People move very fast.
(c) Time moves very fast.
(d) Time barely moves at all.

2. What did Einstein's theory of time begin as?
(a) An investigation of Socrates' theories.
(b) An investigation of electricity and magnetism.
(c) An investigation of survival of the fittest.
(d) An investigation of Plato's theories.

3. According to the narrator in the "28 April 1905" dream, what is visible in all places?
(a) The future.
(b) The past.
(c) Time.
(d) Mistakes.

4. Where is the young man's theory of time to be mailed?
(a) The American journal of physics.
(b) The Swiss journal of physics.
(c) The European journal of physics.
(d) The German journal of physics.

5. Where are Einstein and Besso walking in the "Interlude?"
(a) On the Kierstach.
(b) Near the Aase.
(c) On Speichergasse.
(d) On the square.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the woman in the linen shop on Amthausgasse?

2. What does the narrator want readers to consider in the "3 May 1905" dream?

3. If a person holds no ambitions in the world described in the "4 May 1905" dream, what happens to him?

4. According to the narrator, what is the room full of?

5. What month does the Swiss and English couple meet to vacation together?

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