The Universe in a Nutshell Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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The Universe in a Nutshell Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When were strings regarded as insufficient?
(a) After 1988.
(b) Before 1988.
(c) Before 1985.
(d) After 1985.

2. Where did Einstein accept a position?
(a) The German Academy of Science.
(b) The Prussian Academy of Science.
(c) The American Academy of Science.
(d) The Italian Academy of Science.

3. Dirac's discoveries were difficult to reconcile with what?
(a) Maxwell's unification of magnetism, energy, and electricity.
(b) Newton's law of gravity.
(c) Popper's theory of demystification.
(d) Hawking's harangue on black hole theory.

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

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

6. What was everywhere when the universe was small?
(a) Particle effects.
(b) Atomic effects.
(c) Molecular effects.
(d) Quantum effects.

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

8. What did Einstein wish people to abandon concerning time?
(a) A universal notion of time.
(b) The idea of the 24 hour clock.
(c) That time equals money.
(d) A general notion of the ratio of time to speed.

9. According to Popper, what happens if positivism is true?
(a) We cannot say what time is.
(b) We cannot believe in time.
(c) We lose all negativity.
(d) We cannot say what space is.

10. What does general relativity combine time with space to form?
(a) Three-dimensional physics.
(b) Five-dimensional warp speed.
(c) Four-dimensional space-time.
(d) Two-dimensional planes.

11. What did Einstein suggest concerning the speed of light?
(a) Light is dependent on time.
(b) Light is independent of time.
(c) Light is independent of motion.
(d) Light is dependent on motion.

12. What do string theories most notably lack?
(a) Numbers.
(b) Proofs.
(c) Dimensions.
(d) Infinities.

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

14. What can quantum theory represent?
(a) The dimensions of spacetime.
(b) The model of a timewarp.
(c) The shaping of space and time.
(d) The curves of space and time.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What human conceptions did Einstein's papers change?

2. What may imaginary time surfaces actually be?

3. What did Einstein assume about scientific laws?

4. Where did Einstein receive his degree?

5. What theory of Einstein's contradicted Newton's law of gravity?

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