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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Seven, The Super in Superstring.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the characteristics of a wave?
(a) Amplitude and energy.
(b) Energy level, polarity, and speed.
(c) Frequency, wavelength, and amplitude.
(d) Frequency, polarity, and wavelength.

2. According to Newton's theory of gravity, if two objects have a gravitational pull on one another, and one changes its mass or distance from the other, how quickly does the effect of this change travel to the other object?
(a) Near the speed of light, faster for more massive objects.
(b) Near the speed of light, faster for lighter objects.
(c) Instantaneously.
(d) At exactly the speed of light.

3. According to general relativity, the change that an object causes in the fabric of space-time depends directly on _____.
(a) Its direction compared to the observer.
(b) Its density.
(c) Its proximity to another massive body.
(d) Its mass.

4. Which of the following is correct about the speed at which light moves?
(a) It moves faster at higher energy levels.
(b) It moves at a constant speed for all observers.
(c) Its speed depends on the observer.
(d) It moves at a constant speed only near a gravitational field.

5. Which of the following is NOT an actual version of string theory?
(a) Type IIA theory.
(b) Type I theory.
(c) Fermionic type IV theory.
(d) Heterotic type O(32) theory.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following theory was NOT developed in order to try to resolve the conflicts between quantum mechanics and general relativity?

2. What property of electromagnetic waves did Max Planck solve the thermodynamic problem of the oven by discovering?

3. Which of the following is one of the major problems in using both quantum physics and general relativity?

4. Richard Feynman's "sum over paths" theory states that in the double-slit experiment, an electron behaves in what way?

5. What would an outside observer notice about an object moving near the speed of light?

(see the answer key)

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