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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, The Shape of Time.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What theory of Einstein's contradicted Newton's law of gravity?
(a) Conscience.
(b) Relativity.
(c) Specifism.
(d) Pacificism.

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

3. What does Hawking resist believing in?
(a) One dimension.
(b) Extra dimensions.
(c) Never-ending dimensions.
(d) Ten dimensions.

4. What does time have?
(a) A being.
(b) A presence.
(c) A mark.
(d) A shape.

5. What was discovered in the 1970s that revealed a natural physical mechanism?
(a) A new sort of plane.
(b) A new sort of symmetry.
(c) A new sort of planck.
(d) A new sort of timewarp.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who developed quantum theory?

2. Who were unconvinced by the ideas of an infinite past and future?

3. How were people's views of space-time changed because of Einstein's work?

4. What does supersymmetry imply?

5. How did religious leaders respond to Hawking and Penrose's work?

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