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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 were Fat Man and Little Boy dropped on in 1945?
(a) Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
(b) Honolulu and Maui.
(c) Berlin and Kohn.
(d) Paris and London.

2. What did Einstein wish people to abandon concerning time?
(a) A universal notion of time.
(b) The idea of the 24 hour clock.
(c) A general notion of the ratio of time to speed.
(d) That time equals money.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Because galaxies are not far apart, fifteen billion years ago what might have occurred?

2. Which project produced Fat Man and Little Boy?

3. Whom did Einstein later marry after his first marriage fell apart?

4. What theories of relativity did Einstein advance?

5. Who did Einstein encourage to begin nuclear research?

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