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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prologue through 24 April, 1905.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what month is the Prologue set?
(a) September.
(b) June.
(c) August.
(d) July.

2. According to the narrator, without commitment there is what?
(a) Sadness.
(b) Upheaval.
(c) Chaos.
(d) Hate.

3. According to the narrator, what do people who have been transported back in time wear?
(a) Nothing; their clothing does not transfer to other time periods.
(b) Tatters of clothes.
(c) Dark, indistinct clothing.
(d) Bright, illuminating clothing.

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

5. What is time compared to in the "16 April 1905" dream?
(a) A tree with leaves turning due to fall.
(b) A cocoon.
(c) A flow of water.
(d) A dream.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many pages is the young man's theory of time?

2. How does a traveler from the future talk?

3. What song is the young man humming as he waits for the typist to come into the office?

4. According to the narrator, why do "cursed citizens wrestle with their bedsheets"?

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

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