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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. Which of the follow best describes a boson?
(a) A particle of energy, a messenger particle for a force.
(b) A particle of matter.
(c) The supersymmetric version of a proton.
(d) The super-partner of a proton.

2. Which of the following best describes a fermion?
(a) A messenger particle for a force.
(b) The supersymmetric version of a proton.
(c) A particle of matter.
(d) The super-partner of a proton.

3. Which of the following accurately describes the phenomenon of "quantum tunneling"?
(a) High-energy waves can penetrate the fabric of space-time for very short periods of time.
(b) Some particles are linked together, no matter how much space separates them.
(c) Particles with high energy can vanish in one location, instantly appearing in another.
(d) Particles can sometimes "borrow" energy to move in ways impossible in classical physics.

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

5. String theory claims that super particles _____.
(a) Are the only non-string particles.
(b) Come in pairs.
(c) Do not exist.
(d) Are massless.

Short Answer Questions

1. Quantum electroweak theory concerns quantum mechanics and _____.

2. What rule did Max Planck discover the electromagnetic waves bounded in a container, such as an oven, must follow?

3. The number of family groups corresponds to a feature of the Calabi-Yau shape. What is this feature?

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

5. What is quantum foam?

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