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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. How did physicists respond to Hawking and Penrose's work?
(a) They were mystified.
(b) They were delighted.
(c) They disliked the idea.
(d) They were insanely horrified.

2. Where did Einstein accept a position?
(a) The Prussian Academy of Science.
(b) The American Academy of Science.
(c) The German Academy of Science.
(d) The Italian Academy of Science.

3. What do models based on imaginary time make?
(a) False predictions.
(b) Blanket superstitions.
(c) Innumerable falsities.
(d) Good predictions.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What can quantum theory represent?

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

4. What theories implied that supersymmetric field particles should have superpartners?

5. What theories of relativity did Einstein advance?

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