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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 theories implied that supersymmetric field particles should have superpartners?
(a) Symmetric movement theories.
(b) Supertheoric partner theories.
(c) Supergravity theories.
(d) Particle accelerator theories.

2. Who produced the theory about curved spaces?
(a) Professor Marx.
(b) George Markowitz.
(c) Harvey Dent.
(d) Georg Reimann.

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

4. 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 magnets.
(c) As if moved by a plane.
(d) As if moved by gravity.

5. How many articles did Einstein pen that rocketed him to the top of the scientific community?
(a) Three.
(b) Ten.
(c) Two.
(d) Five.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a p = 2 brane?

2. What does supersymmetry imply?

3. What can one not curve space without also curving?

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

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

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