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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, The Shape of Time.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do string theories most notably lack?
(a) Infinities.
(b) Proofs.
(c) Dimensions.
(d) Numbers.

2. What was discovered in the 1970s that revealed a natural physical mechanism?
(a) A new sort of planck.
(b) A new sort of timewarp.
(c) A new sort of symmetry.
(d) A new sort of plane.

3. What have serious effects on a quantum theory of gravity?
(a) Ground state fluctuations.
(b) Third state fluctuations.
(c) Fourth state fluctuations.
(d) Second state fluctuations.

4. What is a p = 2 brane?
(a) A wall.
(b) A ladder.
(c) A surface.
(d) A geometrical unit.

5. What did Einstein suggest concerning the speed of light?
(a) Light is independent of time.
(b) Light is dependent on motion.
(c) Light is independent of motion.
(d) Light is dependent on time.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do objects in space-time attempt to move?

2. Which project produced Fat Man and Little Boy?

3. What equation shows mass and energy are equivalent?

4. What do models based on imaginary time make?

5. What does TOE stand for?

(see the answer key)

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