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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What refers to the geometric theory of gravitation published by Albert Einstein in 1916 and the current description of gravitation in modern physics?
(a) Microquasar theory.
(b) Gravitational theory.
(c) General relativity.
(d) Special relativity.

2. The system that equipped the USS Yorktown in 1996 and 1997 was predicted to save $2.8 million per year by reducing the ship’s complement by what percentage?
(a) 20%.
(b) 10%.
(c) 30%.
(d) 5%.

3. In particle physics, what refers to a proposed symmetry of nature relating two basic classes of elementary particles: bosons and fermions?
(a) Verisimilitude.
(b) Supersymmetry.
(c) A black hole.
(d) A limit.

4. The author notes in Chapter 6, “Infinity's Twin” that multiplying zero or infinity by itself equals what?
(a) One.
(b) Its inverse.
(c) Its negative.
(d) Itself.

5. The Rayleigh–Jeans law agrees with experimental results at large wavelengths but strongly disagrees at short wavelengths. What is this inconsistency known as?
(a) The Golden Ratio.
(b) A black hole.
(c) The ultraviolet catastrophe.
(d) The Pythagorean Theorem.

Short Answer Questions

1. Johannes Kepler used calculus to determine that planets had what, according to the author in Chapter 5, “Infinite Zeros and Infidel Mathematicians”?

2. What refers to an indeterminate polynomial equation that allows the variables to take integer values only?

3. What was the fifth element that Aristotle proposed, in addition to earth, water, fire, and air?

4. According to the author in Chapter 7, “Absolute Zeros,” thermodynamics led physicists to believe that light was not a particle but what?

5. Georg Cantor is best known as the inventor of what fundamental theory in mathematics?

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