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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 does time not have apart from the universe?
(a) Illegitimate significance.
(b) Independent meaning.
(c) Futuristic tendencies.
(d) Dependent meaning.

2. What is one reason Hawking takes multiple dimensions seriously?
(a) Unexpected relationships between multiple dimensions.
(b) Expected relationships between diverse string thories.
(c) Conclusive relationships between plane models.
(d) Unexpected relationships between various string models.

3. When were strings regarded as insufficient?
(a) After 1988.
(b) Before 1988.
(c) After 1985.
(d) Before 1985.

4. What is a p = 2 brane?
(a) A surface.
(b) A ladder.
(c) A geometrical unit.
(d) A wall.

5. Who developed quantum theory?
(a) Max Jeoff.
(b) Max Wurst.
(c) Percy Max.
(d) Max Planck.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was discovered in the 1970s that revealed a natural physical mechanism?

3. What theories of relativity did Einstein advance?

4. What sort of lengths do P-branes have?

5. Because of the curvature of space-time, how do paths appear to bend?

(see the answer key)

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