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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Ten, Quantum Geometry.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What characteristic of the string determines the properties of the particle it represents?
(a) Its frequency of vibration.
(b) Its length.
(c) Its mass.
(d) The number of other strings with which it is threaded.

2. Which of the following methods has been used to determine the shape of the Calabi-Yau space?
(a) The finite elements method.
(b) Matrix manipulation.
(c) Perturbation theory.
(d) Discrete mathematics.

3. In Einstein's famous equation, E=mc^2, what does "c" represent?
(a) The frequency of light.
(b) The speed of light.
(c) The speed of the object.
(d) The object's density.

4. What type of a wave is light?
(a) A photonic wave.
(b) An electrical wave.
(c) An electromagnetic wave.
(d) A gravitational wave.

5. The first version of string theory did not include any particles of _____.
(a) Messenger particles.
(b) Bosons.
(c) Fermions.
(d) Gravitons.

Short Answer Questions

1. What characteristic did Werner Heisenberg discovered that some features of the universe at very small scales, and some properties of particle?

2. Which of the following is closest to the Planck length?

3. How many total dimensions are required by string theory?

4. Which of the following is correct about the speed at which light moves?

5. What is the Planck energy?

(see the answer key)

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