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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 is intuitive to think about the "ground state" or stationary state of an object?
(a) This object would have zero energy.
(b) This object would have multiple energies.
(c) This object would thrive in a black hole.
(d) This object would have two energies.

2. How did religious leaders respond to Hawking and Penrose's work?
(a) It scared them.
(b) It mystified them.
(c) It made them struggle with their beliefs.
(d) It delighted them.

3. Who developed quantum theory?
(a) Max Jeoff.
(b) Max Planck.
(c) Percy Max.
(d) Max Wurst.

4. What did Newton's model suggest about time and space?
(a) Time and space are only observed.
(b) Time and space were not affected by events around them.
(c) Time and space can't be observed.
(d) Time and space are inter-related subparticle phenomena.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did the philosopher Immanuel Kant worry about concerning time and Newton's model?

3. What theories implied that supersymmetric field particles should have superpartners?

4. How did physicists respond to Hawking and Penrose's work?

5. When was Einstein born?

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