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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through 18 June 1905 through Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where are Besso and Einstein sitting in the second Interlude?
(a) A cafe.
(b) Besso's home.
(c) A bookstore.
(d) A brasserie.

3. In the "15 June 1905" dream, what is the young woman staring at?
(a) A photograph of her dog.
(b) A photograph of her boyfriend.
(c) A photograph of her as a child.
(d) A photograph of a swing in her yard.

4. What does the narrator say people transported to the past fear?
(a) A change they make in the past could affect the future.
(b) Making the same mistakes they made in the "future."
(c) They fear not knowing how to act.
(d) Nothing. They are not aware of the time transfer.

5. What is the narrator's explanation of such a short life in the "3 June 1905" dream?
(a) That the Earth is farther out in the solar system (like Neptune).
(b) That a person's heart beats so slowly and powerfully that the heart wears out quickly.
(c) The earth spins so slowly that it takes a whole life time to complete one revolution.
(d) That the earth spins forward only halfway through a full revolution and then moves backward to the starting point.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the terrace of the Bundesterrasse have a striking view?

2. Why does the man at the graveside ("2 June 1905" dream) not weep for his friend?

3. What happens to time in the "14 May 1905" dream?

4. What month is it in the "19 April 1905" dream?

5. In the "20 June 1905" dream, time in this world flows at what speed?

(see the answer key)

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