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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Isaac Newton.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. If Einstein is the social conscience of physics, and Galileo its underground proponent, Newton is what?
(a) Annoyance.
(b) Pugilist.
(c) Sympathizer.
(d) Pacifist.

2. Who else developed calculus, besides Newton?
(a) Gorge Leibwitch.
(b) Gottfried Leibniz.
(c) Gregory Luntz.
(d) Geoffrey Leinz.

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

4. What are the basic building blocks of string theory?
(a) Strings connecting everything with gravitational forces.
(b) Strings of vibrating energy.
(c) Strings of matter.
(d) Strings that exist only in outer space.

5. When Hitler came to power, where was Einstein?
(a) America.
(b) Germany.
(c) Russia.
(d) Europe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the P stand for in combinations of operations?

2. If you use Hawking's model of the universe, how did the universe start?

3. Einstein was what nationality by birth?

4. Galaxies contain what?

5. To illustrate the concept of disorder in a system, Hawking uses what example in Chapter 9?

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