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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Twelve, Beyond Strings, In Search of M-Theory.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the fundamental force responsible for keeping the nucleus of an atom "glued" together?
(a) The nuclear-strong force.
(b) Quantum-tunneling force.
(c) Potential electrical force.
(d) Gravitational force.

2. Which of the following most accurately describes the state of the universe?
(a) It is expanding.
(b) It is about to begin contracting.
(c) It is mostly static.
(d) It is collapsing.

3. The method of tearing space-time discovered by Greene and others is called _____.
(a) Space-tearing wormhole formation.
(b) Spontaneous tunneling reaction.
(c) Quantum collision.
(d) Space-tearing flop transition.

4. What type of a string can be massless?
(a) A non-oscillating string.
(b) An unwrapped string.
(c) A non-vibrating.
(d) A string with more than one dimension.

5. Which team of researchers discovered the process for altering Calabi-Yau spaces by rupturing them?
(a) Hawking and Fermi.
(b) Yau and Tian.
(c) Greene and Morrison.
(d) Bohr and Feynman.

Short Answer Questions

1. The discovery of the tearing of space-time came from cooperation between experts in physics and _____.

2. Which of the follow best describes a boson?

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

4. What characteristic did Werner Heisenberg discovered that some features of the universe at very small scales, and some properties of particle?

5. Black holes are dense and massive cosmological bodies. What unique distinction do they have?

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