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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. According to Popper, what happens if positivism is true?
(a) We cannot believe in time.
(b) We cannot say what space is.
(c) We lose all negativity.
(d) We cannot say what time is.

2. How many articles did Einstein pen that rocketed him to the top of the scientific community?
(a) Three.
(b) Five.
(c) Two.
(d) Ten.

3. What can quantum theory represent?
(a) The shaping of space and time.
(b) The model of a timewarp.
(c) The curves of space and time.
(d) The dimensions of spacetime.

4. What did Einstein assume about scientific laws?
(a) Laws are never fallible.
(b) Laws should remain constant in the view of all observers.
(c) Most laws need to be rewritten.
(d) Laws are always fallible.

5. What did one of Einstein's mathematical errors prevent Marcel and Einstein from doing?
(a) Formulating the appropriate equations.
(b) Colloborating on a second effort.
(c) Going to the SpaceTime conference of 1954.
(d) Finishing the job in two weeks.

Short Answer Questions

1. How were people's views of space-time changed because of Einstein's work?

2. What theories implied that supersymmetric field particles should have superpartners?

3. What did this theory of curved spaces help Einstein and Marcel Grossman to do?

4. Who later showed that general relativity implied the Big Bang?

5. Dirac's discoveries were difficult to reconcile with what?

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