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

2. What does the narrator say about a world with no time?
(a) Without time the world fails to progress at a natural pace.
(b) People take too much for granted.
(c) There is no life without time.
(d) The world forgets how to function.

3. What is wondrous about the world described in the "11 May 1905" dream?
(a) Money is not needed.
(b) All inhabitants live in dream-like states.
(c) No one needs sleep to re-energize.
(d) Nothing is out of place.

4. What does the narrator want readers to consider in the "3 May 1905" dream?
(a) A world in which cause and effect are erratic.
(b) A world in which cause and effect balance.
(c) A world in which life and death balance.
(d) A world in which life and death do not balance.

5. In the "3 May 1905" dream, what have most people learned how to do?
(a) Live in the moment.
(b) Live in fear.
(c) Live for the future.
(d) Live in the past.

Short Answer Questions

1. Finish the following line: "A world in which time is absolute is a world of ____________."

2. Where do all of the people gather one minute before the end of the world?

3. Where are Einstein and Besso walking in the "Interlude?"

4. How does the world in the "15 May 1905" exist?

5. Where did Basso and Einstein meet?

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