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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. Who did Einstein encourage to begin nuclear research?
(a) President Johnson.
(b) President Truman.
(c) President Roosevelt.
(d) President Grant.

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

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

4. When did Einstein receive the Nobel prize?
(a) 1921.
(b) 1967.
(c) 1943.
(d) 1925.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What have serious effects on a quantum theory of gravity?

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

4. When was Einstein born?

5. What sort of lengths do P-branes have?

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