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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. What two things are considered capable of shaping space-time, according to Einstein?
(a) Mass and energy.
(b) Gravity and space.
(c) Time and conclusion.
(d) Matter and weight.

2. What did one of Einstein's mathematical errors prevent Marcel and Einstein from doing?
(a) Going to the SpaceTime conference of 1954.
(b) Formulating the appropriate equations.
(c) Finishing the job in two weeks.
(d) Colloborating on a second effort.

3. Where did Einstein move in 1914?
(a) Austria.
(b) London.
(c) Berlin.
(d) New York.

4. What theory of Einstein's contradicted Newton's law of gravity?
(a) Specifism.
(b) Conscience.
(c) Relativity.
(d) Pacificism.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Einstein born?

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

3. Who later showed that general relativity implied the Big Bang?

4. What theories of relativity did Einstein advance?

5. Which project produced Fat Man and Little Boy?

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