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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 8 May, 1905 through 15 May, 1905.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to the narrator, why do people wear watches?
(a) As time keepers.
(b) As ornaments.
(c) As weight for balance.
(d) As reminders.

3. What is the name of the woman with the brocade in her hair?
(a) Suzanne.
(b) Francis.
(c) Josephine.
(d) Bridget.

4. How does the world in the "15 May 1905" exist?
(a) As a blank slate.
(b) Without time and with images.
(c) In black and white only, with no shadow or brightness.
(d) As a black hole, digesting everything in its reach.

5. How old is Einstein in the novel?
(a) 26.
(b) 28.
(c) 27.
(d) 25.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the man in the leather jacket work at in Berne?

2. According to the narrator in the "3 May 1905" dream, a world of sincerity is also a world of what?

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

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

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

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