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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What might escape from a black hole?

2. Einstein was what nationality by birth?

3. What are the basic building blocks of string theory?

4. What book did Galileo publish, with the backing of the church's censors?

5. When Einstein said he was not coming back to Germany, what was the headline in the paper?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did the Catholic church demand that Galileo stop writing about Copernican theory?

2. Addressing the question of why the universe exists was once the job of philosophers, but now is not done because of what reason?

3. What is Einstein's general theory of relativity's famous equation?

4. What is, according to the book, the most recent attempt to find a complete unified theory?

5. What is ironic about Einstein's involvement in U.S. politics?

6. When did the early ideas that the universe is deterministic fall apart?

7. What is one theory about what happens when particles match up with their anti-particles on the event horizon of a black hole?

8. If quantum mechanics is used, then the universe has always done what?

9. What does the psychological arrow of time represent?

10. Using imaginary numbers allows time to do what?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Using examples from the book and statements made by Hawking in the book: Is it important if we view the world as particles, waves or strings and why?

Essay Topic 2

What do the arrows of time symbolize? What are their purposes? Which one is most important in our universe? Which one would Hawking say is most important? Why? Please use the text to support your answers.

Essay Topic 3

What principle introduced in Hawking's book is the most influential on our view of the world and universe today? Why? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

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