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

2. What does Hawking resist believing in?
(a) Ten dimensions.
(b) One dimension.
(c) Extra dimensions.
(d) Never-ending dimensions.

3. When did Einstein receive the Nobel prize?
(a) 1967.
(b) 1943.
(c) 1925.
(d) 1921.

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

5. Who later showed that general relativity implied the Big Bang?
(a) Allen Walton and Zion Greenlee.
(b) Stephen Hawking and Roger Penrose.
(c) Allen Walton and Roger Penrose.
(d) Stephen Hawking and Matthew Williams.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does time have?

2. How do objects in space-time attempt to move?

3. Who produced the theory about curved spaces?

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

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

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