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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Albert Einstein.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Stars without enough mass to become a black hole can become what?
(a) Blue giants.
(b) Red dwarfs.
(c) White dwarfs.
(d) Red giants.

2. For satellites orbiting the earth, time does what in relation to the ground of the earth?
(a) Speeds up.
(b) Runs almost at the same pace.
(c) Slows down.
(d) Remains the same.

3. What does Hawking say math is useful for?
(a) Describing what we observe in the known universe.
(b) Describing everything we know.
(c) Communicating in a single language.
(d) Communicating about our observations.

4. How does Hawking define scientific theory?
(a) A model of the universe with a set of rules.
(b) A model of the universe that predicts some events, but isn't accurate.
(c) A model of the universe made up of molecules.
(d) A model of the universe that meets common sense expectations.

5. Laplace, at the beginning of the 19th century, postulated what idea?
(a) Scientific experiments.
(b) Scientific determinism.
(c) Scientific communication.
(d) Scientific knowledge.

Short Answer Questions

1. The only constant in the universe is what?

2. Einstein was offered the presidency of which country?

3. Most people believe that since the universe had a beginning it must have a what?

4. Black holes are similar to the singularity that existed before what event?

5. The universe has how many dimensions?

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