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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. Which project produced Fat Man and Little Boy?
(a) The Manhattan Project.
(b) The Chicago Project.
(c) The Brooklyn Project.
(d) The Farside Project.

2. Because of the curvature of space-time, how do paths appear to bend?
(a) As if moved by a field.
(b) As if moved by a plane.
(c) As if moved by magnets.
(d) As if moved by gravity.

3. What do models based on imaginary time make?
(a) Blanket superstitions.
(b) Good predictions.
(c) False predictions.
(d) Innumerable falsities.

4. What did this theory of curved spaces help Einstein and Marcel Grossman to do?
(a) Curve space.
(b) Build another theory.
(c) Mark time accurately.
(d) Generate a proof.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did nineteenth century scientists believe space was pervaded by?

2. What does time not have apart from the universe?

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

4. What two things are considered capable of shaping space-time, according to Einstein?

5. Where did Einstein receive his degree?

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