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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1, A Brief History of Relativity.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Where did Einstein accept a position?
(a) The American Academy of Science.
(b) The Prussian Academy of Science.
(c) The German Academy of Science.
(d) The Italian Academy of Science.
2. Where did Einstein receive his degree?
(a) Simmons Seminary.
(b) The Seattle School of Law.
(c) The Federal Polytechnic School.
(d) Technical Teaching School.
3. Because galaxies are not far apart, fifteen billion years ago what might have occurred?
(a) A light was turned on.
(b) An earthquake.
(c) A solar system was reduced to ten atoms.
(d) A "Big Bang."
4. What were Fat Man and Little Boy dropped on in 1945?
(a) Berlin and Kohn.
(b) Paris and London.
(c) Honolulu and Maui.
(d) Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
5. When did Einstein receive the Nobel prize?
(a) 1921.
(b) 1943.
(c) 1967.
(d) 1925.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which project produced Fat Man and Little Boy?
2. What did Einstein resist to admit that general relativity implied if all the stars died?
3. What did Einstein wish people to abandon concerning time?
4. What did nineteenth century scientists believe space was pervaded by?
5. How were people's views of space-time changed because of Einstein's work?
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