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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. How do objects in space-time attempt to move?
(a) In boxes.
(b) In straight lines.
(c) In loops.
(d) In curves.

2. What have serious effects on a quantum theory of gravity?
(a) Ground state fluctuations.
(b) Second state fluctuations.
(c) Fourth state fluctuations.
(d) Third state fluctuations.

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

4. What theory of Einstein's contradicted Newton's law of gravity?
(a) Relativity.
(b) Conscience.
(c) Pacificism.
(d) Specifism.

5. 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 two energies.
(c) This object would thrive in a black hole.
(d) This object would have multiple energies.

Short Answer Questions

1. By what year was Einstein famous?

2. How did religious leaders respond to Hawking and Penrose's work?

3. What theories of relativity did Einstein advance?

4. What did Einstein assume about scientific laws?

5. How were people's views of space-time changed because of Einstein's work?

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