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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Nine: The Smoking Gun, Experimental Signatures.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the quantum, or messenger particle, of the weak force?
(a) The Higgs boson.
(b) The weak gauge boson.
(c) The up quark.
(d) The neutrino.

2. Which of the following is true regarding the force of gravity in string theory?
(a) Gravity in string theory is stronger than what we actually observe.
(b) Gravity in string theory acts over much longer distances.
(c) String theory predicts gravity.
(d) Gravity is not addressed in string theory.

3. Which of the following did Einstein considered time?
(a) A three-dimensional field.
(b) A physical substance, composed of particles.
(c) A fourth dimension, alongside the three spatial dimensions.
(d) The fifth fundamental force of the universe.

4. The advent of fermionic vibrational patterns resulted in the creation of _____.
(a) Quantum electroweak theory.
(b) Fermionic resonance theory.
(c) Supersymmetric quantum field theory.
(d) Symmetric antistring theory.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Einstein's equation, E=mc^2, states that which of the following are equivalent?

2. Which of the following qualities must a physical law have in order to be considered symmetric?

3. Why can the objects predicted by string theory not be observed?

4. The first version of string theory did not include any particles of _____.

5. What are the characteristics of a wave?

(see the answer key)

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