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

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

3. What did Einstein assume about scientific laws?
(a) Most laws need to be rewritten.
(b) Laws are always fallible.
(c) Laws are never fallible.
(d) Laws should remain constant in the view of all observers.

4. What human conceptions did Einstein's papers change?
(a) Love, warp speed, and imaginary time.
(b) Time, ciphers, and values.
(c) Morals, virtues, and predilections.
(d) Space, time, and reality.

5. When did Einstein receive the Nobel prize?
(a) 1967.
(b) 1921.
(c) 1943.
(d) 1925.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who produced the theory about curved spaces?

2. When was Einstein born?

3. Where did Einstein accept a position?

4. Who developed quantum theory?

5. What did one of Einstein's mathematical errors prevent Marcel and Einstein from doing?

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