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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, The Shape of Time.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do models based on imaginary time make?
(a) Innumerable falsities.
(b) Good predictions.
(c) False predictions.
(d) Blanket superstitions.

2. Where did Einstein receive his degree?
(a) Simmons Seminary.
(b) The Seattle School of Law.
(c) Technical Teaching School.
(d) The Federal Polytechnic School.

3. What is a p = 1 brane?
(a) A plane.
(b) A box.
(c) A string.
(d) A cone.

4. Where did Einstein move in 1914?
(a) Austria.
(b) New York.
(c) Berlin.
(d) London.

5. Whom did Einstein later marry after his first marriage fell apart?
(a) His brother's sister Mary.
(b) His friend Margaret.
(c) His sister's friend Eleanor.
(d) His cousin Elsa.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Einstein suggest concerning the speed of light?

2. Who developed quantum theory?

3. How did religious leaders respond to Hawking and Penrose's work?

4. What did Einstein resist to admit that general relativity implied if all the stars died?

5. What did Einstein wish people to abandon concerning time?

(see the answer key)

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