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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 are the two times explained in the "24 April 1905" dream?
(a) Mechanical and body time.
(b) Natural and imagined time.
(c) Good and bad time.
(d) Happy and sad time.

2. According to the narrator, what did "just as things will be repeated in the future, all things now happening" do?
(a) Happened a hundred times before.
(b) Never happened before.
(c) Only happened once before.
(d) Happened a million times before.

3. How does time move in the "14 May 1905" dream?
(a) Inward in concentric circles, exploding at the center.
(b) Outward in concentric circles, at rest at the center.
(c) Inward in spirals, exploding at the center.
(d) Outward in spirals, at rest in the center.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To take advantage of what scientists have discovered in the past, what have some people done to their homes?

2. What is the last image readers are left with at the end of the "15 May 1905" dream?

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

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

5. What happens to light in the "14 May 1905" dreams?

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