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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. What is a p = 2 brane?
(a) A ladder.
(b) A geometrical unit.
(c) A wall.
(d) A surface.

2. What does TOE stand for?
(a) Theory of Excellence.
(b) Theory of Everything.
(c) Theory of Everywhere.
(d) Theory on Ether.

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

4. When were strings regarded as insufficient?
(a) Before 1985.
(b) After 1985.
(c) After 1988.
(d) Before 1988.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Because of the curvature of space-time, how do paths appear to bend?

2. How were people's views of space-time changed because of Einstein's work?

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

4. What does supersymmetry imply?

5. When was Einstein born?

(see the answer key)

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