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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1, A Brief History of Relativity.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many articles did Einstein pen that rocketed him to the top of the scientific community?
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) Ten.
(d) Two.

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

4. What did Einstein suggest concerning the speed of light?
(a) Light is independent of motion.
(b) Light is dependent on time.
(c) Light is independent of time.
(d) Light is dependent on motion.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did Einstein receive the Nobel prize?

3. What did this theory of curved spaces help Einstein and Marcel Grossman to do?

4. How were people's views of space-time changed because of Einstein's work?

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

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