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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 electroweak theory concerns quantum mechanics and _____.
(a) Gravity.
(b) The strong force.
(c) The weak force.
(d) The electromagnetic force.

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

3. Which of the following is one of the major problems in using both quantum physics and general relativity?
(a) General relativity is time-dependant, quantum physics is a steady-state theory.
(b) Quantum physics predicts that all particles are massless.
(c) At small scales, quantum physics predicts uncertainty, but general relativity requires certainty.
(d) General relativity is a wave theory, but quantum physics is a particle theory.

4. Why are the extra dimensions needed in string theory?
(a) To account for the infinite-energy problem.
(b) To provide more space for strings.
(c) To remove time from its equations.
(d) To prevent the negative and infinite answers to its physical equations.

5. Why can the objects predicted by string theory not be observed?
(a) The objects exist only in other dimensions.
(b) The objects are not composed of matter.
(c) Current magnification is at least 17 times too wide.
(d) Light does not exist at the scales involved.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the 1800s, James Clerk Maxwell used a new mathematical framework to unite _____.

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

3. Which of the following is not one of the four fundamental forces of the universe?

4. The advent of fermionic vibrational patterns resulted in the creation of _____.

5. Which of the following methods has been used to determine the shape of the Calabi-Yau space?

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