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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 2 June, 1905 through 10 June, 1905.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. According to the narrator, why do "cursed citizens wrestle with their bedsheets"?
(a) Because they feel torn by time.
(b) Because their mistakes will be repeated.
(c) Because they have sinned.
(d) Because their lives are in shambles.

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

5. What is the name of Einstein's wife?
(a) Mileva.
(b) Karin.
(c) Gulla.
(d) Marit.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does a traveler from the future talk?

2. How can Besso tell that Einstein is making progress on his theory?

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

4. According to the "5 June 1905" dream, how does this world seem?

5. According to the narrator, what is a world with one month a world of?

(see the answer key)

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