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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 does relativity show about the speed of light?
(a) The speed of light is dependent upon gravity.
(b) The speed of light is an illusion of motion.
(c) The speed of light will appear constant.
(d) The speed of light is independent of will.

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

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

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

5. Who produced the theory about curved spaces?
(a) Professor Marx.
(b) Harvey Dent.
(c) Georg Reimann.
(d) George Markowitz.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Einstein suggest concerning the speed of light?

3. What did Einstein resist to admit that general relativity implied if all the stars died?

4. Which project produced Fat Man and Little Boy?

5. Where did Einstein accept a position?

(see the answer key)

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