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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. What two things are considered capable of shaping space-time, according to Einstein?
(a) Gravity and space.
(b) Matter and weight.
(c) Mass and energy.
(d) Time and conclusion.

2. What theories of relativity did Einstein advance?
(a) Present perfect and past special.
(b) Special and general.
(c) Normal and placid.
(d) General and perfect.

3. What were Fat Man and Little Boy dropped on in 1945?
(a) Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
(b) Berlin and Kohn.
(c) Honolulu and Maui.
(d) Paris and London.

4. Who developed quantum theory?
(a) Max Jeoff.
(b) Max Planck.
(c) Max Wurst.
(d) Percy Max.

5. What does relativity show about the speed of light?
(a) The speed of light is independent of will.
(b) The speed of light is an illusion of motion.
(c) The speed of light is dependent upon gravity.
(d) The speed of light will appear constant.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which project produced Fat Man and Little Boy?

2. What was the twentieth century's other complete conceptual revolution?

3. Where did Einstein receive his degree?

4. What did one of Einstein's mathematical errors prevent Marcel and Einstein from doing?

5. By what year was Einstein famous?

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