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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, The Universe in a Nutshell.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What theory of Einstein's contradicted Newton's law of gravity?
(a) Specifism.
(b) Relativity.
(c) Conscience.
(d) Pacificism.

2. When were strings regarded as insufficient?
(a) After 1988.
(b) After 1985.
(c) Before 1988.
(d) Before 1985.

3. How many articles did Einstein pen that rocketed him to the top of the scientific community?
(a) Ten.
(b) Two.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

4. What is a p = 1 brane?
(a) A box.
(b) A cone.
(c) A string.
(d) A plane.

5. What do we need to describe what happens on the edge of the universe?
(a) Finite structures.
(b) Boundary laws.
(c) Boundary conditions.
(d) Limited perceptions.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two things are considered capable of shaping space-time, according to Einstein?

2. What did this theory of curved spaces help Einstein and Marcel Grossman to do?

3. What does time not have apart from the universe?

4. If there is a low amount of matter in the universe what will happen?

5. When was Einstein born?

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