Multiple Choice
One of the first tests of the general theory of relativity was
A) the description of the orbit of the moon.
B) the determination of the speed of light to be constant.
C) the change in mass of a particle moving at a high speed.
D) the demonstration of a hammer and a feather falling at the same rate on the moon.
E) the determination of the rate of advance of the perihelion of Mercury's orbit.
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