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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. To take advantage of what scientists have discovered in the past, what have some people done to their homes?
(a) Built them in caves.
(b) Built them with no contract on time.
(c) Built them on boats over the Equator.
(d) Placed them on stilts in the mountains.

2. Where is Besso's visitor from?
(a) Prague.
(b) Paris.
(c) Rome.
(d) Venice.

3. What is the man on the fourth floor balcony looking down at?
(a) A dog looking for food.
(b) A blue coat.
(c) A red hat.
(d) A child playing in the street.

4. What does the European Union of 1979 depend upon?
(a) Hans Klausen's birth.
(b) The marriage of Franz Kipperten and Penelope Marden.
(c) The meeting of Fredderik Strauss and Ivan Tauchnik.
(d) The death of Sanze Kinterton.

5. What does the narrator want readers to suppose time is?
(a) An ellipse.
(b) A circle.
(c) A sphere.
(d) An arc.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the woman with the brocade in her hair?

2. What do travelers from the future envy?

3. What do those of religious faith see time as evidence of?

4. Why does Einstein sneak away from his wife in the middle of the night?

5. According to the narrator, what is the physical body?

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