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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 does time have?
(a) A mark.
(b) A shape.
(c) A presence.
(d) A being.

2. According to Popper, what happens if positivism is true?
(a) We cannot believe in time.
(b) We cannot say what space is.
(c) We cannot say what time is.
(d) We lose all negativity.

3. What did Einstein suggest concerning the speed of light?
(a) Light is independent of time.
(b) Light is dependent on motion.
(c) Light is independent of motion.
(d) Light is dependent on time.

4. What is intuitive to think about the "ground state" or stationary state of an object?
(a) This object would have multiple energies.
(b) This object would have zero energy.
(c) This object would have two energies.
(d) This object would thrive in a black hole.

5. What have serious effects on a quantum theory of gravity?
(a) Fourth state fluctuations.
(b) Second state fluctuations.
(c) Ground state fluctuations.
(d) Third state fluctuations.

Short Answer Questions

1. What theories of relativity did Einstein advance?

2. What is a p = 2 brane?

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

4. What does Hawking resist believing in?

5. What is a p = 1 brane?

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