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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, The Universe in a Nutshell.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did the philosopher Immanuel Kant worry about concerning time and Newton's model?
(a) That Newton's model was disproportionate.
(b) That this implied time was infinite.
(c) That Newton's model was too irrelevant.
(d) This this implied time was finite.

3. Who did Einstein encourage to begin nuclear research?
(a) President Johnson.
(b) President Truman.
(c) President Roosevelt.
(d) President Grant.

4. What is one of the twentieth century's greatest discoveries?
(a) The earth will be uninhabitable in fifty years.
(b) There are extraterrestrials.
(c) The universe is expanding.
(d) The universe is collapsing.

5. How did religious leaders respond to Hawking and Penrose's work?
(a) It scared them.
(b) It mystified them.
(c) It delighted them.
(d) It made them struggle with their beliefs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did this theory of curved spaces help Einstein and Marcel Grossman to do?

2. When were strings regarded as insufficient?

3. What does TOE stand for?

4. How did the universe initially expand?

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

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