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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The writer of the Introduction hints that time might be able to move in what direction?
(a) Sideways.
(b) Backwards.
(c) A repeat cycle.
(d) Forwards.

2. Black holes are similar to the singularity that existed before what event?
(a) The destruction of cluster galaxies.
(b) The expansion of the universe.
(c) The creation of the earth.
(d) The big bang.

3. Hawking co-authored a paper in what year that explains the big bang theory?
(a) 1977.
(b) 1980.
(c) 1970.
(d) 1985.

4. Who said, "God does not play dice."
(a) Albert Einstein.
(b) Erwin Schrodinger.
(c) Max Plank.
(d) Werner Heisenberg.

5. Who proposed the elliptical orbits of the planets?
(a) Galileo.
(b) Kepler.
(c) Einstein.
(d) Newton.

6. All the particles in the universe are what type of spin?
(a) One-half.
(b) One.
(c) Two.
(d) Zero.

7. The universe has how many dimensions?
(a) Five.
(b) Four.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

8. In what year did Edwin Hubble discover galaxies outside of our own?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1954.
(c) 1924.
(d) 1934.

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

10. In what year did Wolfgang Pauli bring the exclusion principle to physics?
(a) 1932.
(b) 1928.
(c) 1925.
(d) 1941.

11. What shape did Aristotle think the Earth was?
(a) Flat.
(b) Oval.
(c) A sphere.
(d) A disk.

12. The disease Stephen Hawking has affects what?
(a) His body.
(b) His mind.
(c) His emotions.
(d) His ability to reason.

13. Hawking is what type of physicist?
(a) Micro.
(b) Particle.
(c) Theoretical.
(d) Astro.

14. If we created a black hole by exploding a very large hydrogen bomb what would happen?
(a) The sun would be destroyed.
(b) The entire world would be destroyed.
(c) The entire solar system would be destroyed.
(d) The inner solar system would be destroyed.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Light moves along what sort of lines?

2. Which virtual particle carries the electromagnetic force?

3. Scientists try to create explanations for the way the universe works that always do what?

4. What is another name for a neutron star?

5. In the universe, objects move in what type of direction?

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