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

2. What did this theory of curved spaces help Einstein and Marcel Grossman to do?
(a) Build another theory.
(b) Generate a proof.
(c) Curve space.
(d) Mark time accurately.

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

4. How many articles did Einstein pen that rocketed him to the top of the scientific community?
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) Ten.
(d) Two.

5. Whom did Einstein later marry after his first marriage fell apart?
(a) His sister's friend Eleanor.
(b) His friend Margaret.
(c) His cousin Elsa.
(d) His brother's sister Mary.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Einstein suggest concerning the speed of light?

2. Which project produced Fat Man and Little Boy?

3. What human conceptions did Einstein's papers change?

4. Who later showed that general relativity implied the Big Bang?

5. Who produced the theory about curved spaces?

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