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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Ten, Quantum Geometry.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Quantum physics began with the study of the energy inside a heated, closed container, such as an oven. The problem with theories at the time was that they predicted that _____.
(a) The oven contains infinite energy.
(b) The oven can only store energy if it has no mass.
(c) The oven contains no energy.
(d) The oven can store more energy the smaller it is.

2. How are the amplitude of a string's vibration and the mass of the particle it represents related?
(a) If there is a non-zero amplitude, the particle is massless.
(b) The higher the amplitude, the more massive the particle.
(c) Amplitude and mass are not related.
(d) The higher the amplitude, the less massive the particle.

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

4. Which of the following is true regarding experimental evidence for super particles?
(a) They cannot be observed experimentally.
(b) They have been observed in multiple experiments.
(c) They have not been observed.
(d) They have been observed for a long time, and have only recently been identified.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Quantum electroweak theory concerns quantum mechanics and _____.

2. According to Newton's law of gravity, the strength of the pull between two objects depends on what factors?

3. Which of the following was the first string theory?

4. Under string theory, which of the following is true regarding extra dimensions?

5. In 1968 it was discovered that protons and neutrons are composed of which type of particle?

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