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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Our Future?, Star Trek or Not?.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What may the no boundary condition imply?
(a) The universe will collapse if it cannot be condensed.
(b) The universe can never be contained.
(c) The universe is self-conducted.
(d) The universe is self-contained.

3. What does supersymmetry imply?
(a) That strings have a spin property.
(b) That molecules have a spin property.
(c) That particles had a spin property.
(d) That gamma rays have a spin property.

4. By what year was Einstein famous?
(a) 1899.
(b) 1988.
(c) 1907.
(d) 1909.

5. What are the size of biological brains limited by?
(a) Animo Acids.
(b) Proteins.
(c) The womb.
(d) The genome.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Hawking and Hartle believe the universe may not have?

2. What may the universe not have, given quantum mechanics?

3. How does Hawking state particle states be represented?

4. What is determinism threatened by?

5. What did nineteenth century scientists believe space was pervaded by?

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