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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How is the Planck relation expressed?
(a) E=mvi.
(b) E=xy.
(c) E=mc⅍.
(d) E=hv.

3. The Rayleigh–Jeans law revealed an important error in physics theory of its time. The law predicted an energy output that diverges towards infinity as wavelength approaches what?
(a) Pi.
(b) One.
(c) The sun.
(d) Zero.

4. Newton's notation for differentiation uses what symbol placed over a function name to denote the time derivative of that function?
(a) A dot.
(b) A line.
(c) An omicron.
(d) An omega.

5. Where was Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz from?
(a) Great Britain.
(b) France.
(c) Belgium.
(d) Germany.

6. Quantum mechanics eliminated zero in classical thermodynamics by removing what, according to the author in Chapter 7, “Absolute Zeros”?
(a) Electron pull.
(b) Gravity.
(c) Magnetism.
(d) Infinite energy.

7. According to the author in Chapter 6, “Infinity's Twin,” “i” appears whenever one takes the square root of what?
(a) Infinity.
(b) Zero.
(c) A fraction.
(d) A negative number.

8. Where was Lord Kelvin born?
(a) New York, New York.
(b) London, England.
(c) Paris, France.
(d) Belfast, Northern Ireland.

9. What term refers to a branch of pure mathematics devoted primarily to the study of the integers?
(a) Classical physics.
(b) Geometry.
(c) Number theory.
(d) Algebra.

10. When did Sir Isaac Newton live?
(a) 1624-1680.
(b) 1642-1727.
(c) 1559-1601.
(d) 1707-1746.

11. According to the author in Chapter 8, “Zero Hour at Ground Zero,” the universe may collapse under its own gravity or what?
(a) Expand forever.
(b) Become eternal.
(c) Devour its own gravity.
(d) Remain stagnant.

12. When was Lord Kelvin born?
(a) 1915.
(b) 1798.
(c) 1898.
(d) 1824.

13. What term refers to an elementary particle, the quantum of light and all other forms of electromagnetic radiation?
(a) Photon.
(b) Electron.
(c) Radon.
(d) Nucleus.

14. Bishop Berkeley was a philosopher whose primary achievement was the advancement of a theory he called what?
(a) “String theory.”
(b) “Calculus.”
(c) “The Golden Ratio.”
(d) "Immaterialism."

15. Georg Cantor is best known as the inventor of what fundamental theory in mathematics?
(a) Quantum theory.
(b) String theory.
(c) M-Theory.
(d) Set theory.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica first published?

2. In the photoelectric effect, electrons are emitted from solids, liquids or gases when they do what?

3. In Chapter 8, “Zero Hour at Ground Zero,” the author states that the Hubble telescope saw that most galaxies were flying away from one another by using red-shifting and blue-shifting effects, the cosmological equivalent of what?

4. Bosonic string theory was developed in what decade?

5. The name “electron” was introduced in 1891 by what Irish physicist?

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