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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Some particles might match up with their anti-particles at what point?
(a) When they get crushed in a black hole.
(b) Before they enter a black hole.
(c) When they fall into a black hole.
(d) When they escape a black hole.

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

3. Hawking believes that if science does discover a complete theory of the universe, then humans will have come to know what?
(a) When humanity will end.
(b) The nature of infinity.
(c) If there is an end of time.
(d) The mind of God.

4. Light moves along what sort of lines?
(a) Wavy.
(b) Curved.
(c) Tilted.
(d) Straight.

5. Who discovered the equation that governs the electron?
(a) Born.
(b) Dirac.
(c) Hawking.
(d) Einstein.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. If we created a black hole by exploding a very large hydrogen bomb what would happen?

3. The distance light travels in an earth year is called what?

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

5. Hawking used what kind of space-time to reach the conclusion that the universe is similar to a sphere?

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