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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 two things are considered capable of shaping space-time, according to Einstein?
(a) Time and conclusion.
(b) Matter and weight.
(c) Mass and energy.
(d) Gravity and space.

2. What was discovered in the 1970s that revealed a natural physical mechanism?
(a) A new sort of planck.
(b) A new sort of plane.
(c) A new sort of symmetry.
(d) A new sort of timewarp.

3. Because galaxies are not far apart, fifteen billion years ago what might have occurred?
(a) A solar system was reduced to ten atoms.
(b) An earthquake.
(c) A light was turned on.
(d) A "Big Bang."

4. What did Einstein assume about scientific laws?
(a) Laws are always fallible.
(b) Laws are never fallible.
(c) Laws should remain constant in the view of all observers.
(d) Most laws need to be rewritten.

5. Who believed they could interpret General Relativity so time had an infinite past and an infinite future?
(a) Hawking and Penrose.
(b) Shalob and Khalatnikov.
(c) Lucas and Marx.
(d) Lifshitz and Khalatnikov.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Einstein move in 1914?

2. Dirac's discoveries were difficult to reconcile with what?

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

4. What does relativity show about the speed of light?

5. What did Einstein resist to admit that general relativity implied if all the stars died?

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