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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is a p = 2 brane?
(a) A wall.
(b) A geometrical unit.
(c) A surface.
(d) A ladder.
2. What does supersymmetry imply?
(a) That gamma rays have a spin property.
(b) That strings have a spin property.
(c) That particles had a spin property.
(d) That molecules have a spin property.
3. Why is it important that the sky is dark?
(a) It demonstrates that light hasn't reached every point in the universe.
(b) It demonstrates that the dark extends further than the light.
(c) It demonstrates that the sky is more inclined to darker tones.
(d) It demonstrates that the universe must have a light switch.
4. What theories implied that supersymmetric field particles should have superpartners?
(a) Particle accelerator theories.
(b) Symmetric movement theories.
(c) Supertheoric partner theories.
(d) Supergravity theories.
5. What can one not curve space without also curving?
(a) Spacetime.
(b) Time.
(c) Gravity.
(d) Functions.
Short Answer Questions
1. What have serious effects on a quantum theory of gravity?
2. Which project produced Fat Man and Little Boy?
3. What two things are considered capable of shaping space-time, according to Einstein?
4. What did one of Einstein's mathematical errors prevent Marcel and Einstein from doing?
5. How were people's views of space-time changed because of Einstein's work?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why do ground state fluctuations have serious effects on the quantum theory of gravity?
2. Why does the theory of general relativity break down when discussing the Big Bang?
3. What was considered the foundation of a TOE and why did it go out of fashion?
4. Describe the contradiction of relativity to Newton's law of gravity.
5. What paper did Einstein write with Grossman in 1913 and what happened in 1915 related to this same project?
6. What does it mean for stars to be red-shifted or blue-shifted?
7. What kind of history might the universe have, according to quantum mechanics?
8. Why can't we coherently ask why the universe is the way it is?
9. Briefly describe Einstein's involvement in the events of WWII.
10. What does Hawking believe the possibility of intelligent beings' existence depends on?
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