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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. When was Einstein born?
(a) 1899.
(b) 1879.
(c) 1798.
(d) 1867.

2. What did Einstein wish people to abandon concerning time?
(a) A general notion of the ratio of time to speed.
(b) The idea of the 24 hour clock.
(c) That time equals money.
(d) A universal notion of time.

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

4. Dirac's discoveries were difficult to reconcile with what?
(a) Newton's law of gravity.
(b) Maxwell's unification of magnetism, energy, and electricity.
(c) Popper's theory of demystification.
(d) Hawking's harangue on black hole theory.

5. What does general relativity combine time with space to form?
(a) Two-dimensional planes.
(b) Five-dimensional warp speed.
(c) Four-dimensional space-time.
(d) Three-dimensional physics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one reason Hawking takes multiple dimensions seriously?

2. What did nineteenth century scientists believe space was pervaded by?

3. What did the philosopher Immanuel Kant worry about concerning time and Newton's model?

4. What does supersymmetry imply?

5. What two things are considered capable of shaping space-time, according to Einstein?

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