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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 equation shows mass and energy are equivalent?
(a) G = mc3.
(b) G = cm2.
(c) E = mc2.
(d) E = cm3.

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

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

4. What did this theory of curved spaces help Einstein and Marcel Grossman to do?
(a) Build another theory.
(b) Generate a proof.
(c) Curve space.
(d) Mark time accurately.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does supersymmetry imply?

2. How many articles did Einstein pen that rocketed him to the top of the scientific community?

3. Where did Einstein move in 1914?

4. When were strings regarded as insufficient?

5. What human conceptions did Einstein's papers change?

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