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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A black hole has zero what?
(a) Mass.
(b) Volume and surface area.
(c) Curvature.
(d) Expansion.

2. In order to explain how black holes become a big bang, Hawking needs to include what?
(a) Quantum mechanics.
(b) The theory of everything.
(c) Particle physics.
(d) The theory of relativity.

3. What type of matter might account for gravitational forces that cannot be explained by the mass of our universe?
(a) Black hole matter.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Clear matter.
(d) Dark matter.

4. Heisenberg and Erwin Shrodinger developed what reformulation of standard mechanics?
(a) Quantum mechanics.
(b) Theoretical mechanics.
(c) Relativity mechanics.
(d) Atomic mechanics.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the second law of thermodynamics?

2. Who wrote the introduction?

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

4. Why do the theories of quantum mechanics and general relativity need to be unified?

5. How many quarks make up a proton or neutron?

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