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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Twelve, Beyond Strings, In Search of M-Theory.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is not true according to special relativity?
(a) No object can move faster than the speed of light.
(b) Motion and time are relative; they depend on the observer.
(c) Time does not pass for objects that are perfectly at rest.
(d) All objects move at a constant speed through space-time.

2. Which of the following will occur after the collapse of the universe as predicted by string theory?
(a) The universe will cease to exist.
(b) The universe will become a single black hole.
(c) The universe will expand again.
(d) The universe will be mirrored in another dimension.

3. In the 1800s, James Clerk Maxwell used a new mathematical framework to unite _____.
(a) Electricity and magnetism.
(b) Magnetism and gravity.
(c) Nuclear forces and gravity.
(d) Magnetism and light.

4. What are the vibrational patterns that a string can exhibit called?
(a) Notes.
(b) Resonances.
(c) Harmonics.
(d) Chords.

5. Which of the following is true regarding the mass and spin of a pair of superpartners?
(a) Their masses and spins are not related.
(b) They have the same mass and spin.
(c) They have unrelated masses, and their spins differ by 1.
(d) They have the same mass, and their spins differ by 1/2.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to general relativity, which of the following is said to warp or bend space-time?

2. The advent of fermionic vibrational patterns resulted in the creation of _____.

3. If a clock were accelerated to nearly the speed of light for a year's time, which of the following would be true of its reading at the end of that time?

4. How can black holes be detected?

5. What is the shape of all particles, at the smallest possible level, according to string theory?

(see the answer key)

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