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

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

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

4. Who later showed that general relativity implied the Big Bang?
(a) Allen Walton and Zion Greenlee.
(b) Allen Walton and Roger Penrose.
(c) Stephen Hawking and Roger Penrose.
(d) Stephen Hawking and Matthew Williams.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How do objects in space-time attempt to move?

2. When was Einstein born?

3. What is one reason Hawking takes multiple dimensions seriously?

4. Where did Einstein receive his degree?

5. When were strings regarded as insufficient?

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