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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. Because of the curvature of space-time, how do paths appear to bend?
(a) As if moved by gravity.
(b) As if moved by a plane.
(c) As if moved by a field.
(d) As if moved by magnets.

2. 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) Lucas and Marx.
(d) Hawking and Penrose.

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

4. What did Einstein resist to admit that general relativity implied if all the stars died?
(a) The universe would collapse and recreate itself.
(b) The universe would come to an end.
(c) The universe would never have existed.
(d) The universe would never die.

5. Where did Einstein receive his degree?
(a) Technical Teaching School.
(b) The Federal Polytechnic School.
(c) The Seattle School of Law.
(d) Simmons Seminary.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Einstein wish people to abandon concerning time?

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

3. What was the twentieth century's other complete conceptual revolution?

4. What theories of relativity did Einstein advance?

5. By what year was Einstein famous?

(see the answer key)

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