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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Thirteen, Black Holes, A String/M Theory Perspective.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is entropy a measure of?
(a) Heat and pressure.
(b) The energy lost by a black hole.
(c) Disorder.
(d) Energy lost over time.

2. As a string becomes wrapped, which of its properties increases?
(a) Its spin.
(b) Its amplitude.
(c) Its wavelength.
(d) Its energy.

3. Which of the following is true about the tension within a string?
(a) It is very high, more than a billion tons.
(b) It has no bearing on a string's energy.
(c) It cannot be said truly to exist.
(d) It is very low, less than a few pounds.

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

5. What did Stephen Hawking prove regarding black holes?
(a) They are the most massive objects in the universe.
(b) The emit radiation.
(c) Light cannot escape from them.
(d) They have electrical charge.

Short Answer Questions

1. There are many possible Calabi-Yau spaces, but only shapes with which of the following characteristics are considered real possibilities?

2. What property did the double-slit experiment demonstrate that light has?

3. Tears in space-time are technically termed _____.

4. Which of the following most accurately describes the state of the universe?

5. Quantum chromodynamics concerns quantum mechanics and ____.

(see the answer key)

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