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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Seven, The Super in Superstring.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1968 it was discovered that protons and neutrons are composed of which type of particle?
(a) Neutrinos.
(b) Muons.
(c) Baryons.
(d) Quarks.

2. If a clock were accelerated to nearly the speed of light for a year's time, which of the following would be true of its reading at the end of that time?
(a) It would be exactly equal to one year.
(b) It would be less than one year.
(c) Its reading would be random and meaningless.
(d) It would be more than one year.

3. What is the quantum, or messenger particle, of the weak force?
(a) The weak gauge boson.
(b) The up quark.
(c) The neutrino.
(d) The Higgs boson.

4. What discovery about string theory triggered the "superstring revolution"?
(a) Einstein announced that it exactly matched his formulas for general relativity.
(b) Its approximate equations were solved for the first time.
(c) It was found to encompass the four fundamental forces of matter.
(d) It was experimentally confirmed at Fermilab in the US.

5. The advent of fermionic vibrational patterns resulted in the creation of _____.
(a) Fermionic resonance theory.
(b) Symmetric antistring theory.
(c) Supersymmetric quantum field theory.
(d) Quantum electroweak theory.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Planck tension?

2. Which of the following qualities must a physical law have in order to be considered symmetric?

3. Which of the following is not true according to special relativity?

4. Quantum electroweak theory concerns quantum mechanics and _____.

5. How can black holes be detected?

(see the answer key)

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