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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. Who believed they could interpret General Relativity so time had an infinite past and an infinite future?
(a) Lifshitz and Khalatnikov.
(b) Shalob and Khalatnikov.
(c) Hawking and Penrose.
(d) Lucas and Marx.

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

3. What two things are considered capable of shaping space-time, according to Einstein?
(a) Time and conclusion.
(b) Gravity and space.
(c) Mass and energy.
(d) Matter and weight.

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does relativity show about the speed of light?

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

3. What theories of relativity did Einstein advance?

4. What does TOE stand for?

5. What did one of Einstein's mathematical errors prevent Marcel and Einstein from doing?

(see the answer key)

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