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

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

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

4. What was the twentieth century's other complete conceptual revolution?
(a) Molecular physics.
(b) Quantum geology.
(c) Quantum theory.
(d) Molecular biology.

5. How were people's views of space-time changed because of Einstein's work?
(a) Space-time became understood as a passive feature.
(b) Space-time became irrelevant.
(c) No one's idea of space-time was changed.
(d) Space-time became understood as a dynamic feature.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which project produced Fat Man and Little Boy?

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

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

4. When did Einstein receive the Nobel prize?

5. Where did Einstein receive his degree?

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