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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2 Space and Time.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Most people believe that since the universe had a beginning it must have a what?
(a) A middle.
(b) A timeline.
(c) A birth.
(d) An end.

2. What question is among the unanswerable questions children ask, according to the Introduction?
(a) Why does time only go in one direction?
(b) Why are we here?
(c) Why is there a universe?
(d) What happens when we die?

3. Edwin Hubble's observation that the universe is expanding supports what theory?
(a) The Dark Matter theory.
(b) The Universe Expansion theory.
(c) The Big Bang theory.
(d) The Dark Bang theory.

4. Stephen Hawking has what disease?
(a) AIDS.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Lou Gehrig's disease.
(d) Ancel Hoffman disease.

5. Galileo found the moons of what planet using his telescope?
(a) Saturn.
(b) Mars.
(c) Jupiter.
(d) Neptune.

Short Answer Questions

1. What shape did Aristotle think the Earth was?

2. Who wrote the introduction?

3. Aristotle and who believed that time is not absolute?

4. Time is not separate from space, but is combined with it to form what?

5. Philosophers try to understand the universe using what method?

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