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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, The Shape of Time.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did religious leaders respond to Hawking and Penrose's work?
(a) It made them struggle with their beliefs.
(b) It scared them.
(c) It mystified them.
(d) It delighted them.

2. Who did Einstein encourage to begin nuclear research?
(a) President Johnson.
(b) President Grant.
(c) President Truman.
(d) President Roosevelt.

3. What can quantum theory represent?
(a) The model of a timewarp.
(b) The curves of space and time.
(c) The dimensions of spacetime.
(d) The shaping of space and time.

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

5. By what year was Einstein famous?
(a) 1909.
(b) 1988.
(c) 1899.
(d) 1907.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does TOE stand for?

2. What theories implied that supersymmetric field particles should have superpartners?

3. What does general relativity combine time with space to form?

4. Where did Einstein move in 1914?

5. How many articles did Einstein pen that rocketed him to the top of the scientific community?

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