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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 did one of Einstein's mathematical errors prevent Marcel and Einstein from doing?
(a) Colloborating on a second effort.
(b) Finishing the job in two weeks.
(c) Going to the SpaceTime conference of 1954.
(d) Formulating the appropriate equations.

2. Where did Einstein move in 1914?
(a) Berlin.
(b) New York.
(c) Austria.
(d) London.

3. What can quantum theory represent?
(a) The dimensions of spacetime.
(b) The curves of space and time.
(c) The model of a timewarp.
(d) The shaping of space and time.

4. By what year was Einstein famous?
(a) 1907.
(b) 1899.
(c) 1988.
(d) 1909.

5. Who produced the theory about curved spaces?
(a) George Markowitz.
(b) Harvey Dent.
(c) Professor Marx.
(d) Georg Reimann.

Short Answer Questions

1. What have serious effects on a quantum theory of gravity?

2. What does time not have apart from the universe?

3. How did physicists respond to Hawking and Penrose's work?

4. What did Einstein wish people to abandon concerning time?

5. According to Popper, what happens if positivism is true?

(see the answer key)

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