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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Einstein said he was not coming back to Germany, what was the headline in the paper?
(a) Good-Bye Bad Science - Einstein remains in America.
(b) Good News from Einstein - He's Not Coming Back.
(c) Professor Einstein Stays Away to Save His Life.
(d) We Lost the Greatest Mathematician of our Time.

2. Hawking's model of the universe says the universe will end how?
(a) It will end because black holes will suck all matter in.
(b) It will end because all matter will disappear.
(c) It will never end.
(d) It will end in a big explosion.

3. If there is a grand unified theory, according to Hawking it would be the ultimate triumph of what?
(a) Human reason.
(b) Science.
(c) Human philosophy.
(d) Physics.

4. To illustrate the concept of disorder in a system, Hawking uses what example in Chapter 9?
(a) A broken vase.
(b) A car crash.
(c) A jigsaw puzzle.
(d) A bag of marbles.

5. Einstein proposed who should have control over nuclear weaponry?
(a) Only states with democracies.
(b) The civilians in each state.
(c) There should be international control.
(d) The military of each state.

6. If something can escape the event horizon of a black hole, it would be explained by thinking about the behavior of what?
(a) Particles.
(b) Waves.
(c) Light.
(d) Gravity.

7. Mathematics is the language of what?
(a) Engineers.
(b) Natural sciences.
(c) How things work in the universe.
(d) Physics.

8. Even empty space is filled with what?
(a) Pairs of protons and electrons.
(b) Pairs of virtual particles and antiparticles.
(c) Pairs of positive and negative particles.
(d) Pairs of particles to form dark matter.

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

10. Einstein divided his life between politics and what?
(a) Equations.
(b) Discovery.
(c) Science.
(d) Math.

11. If you use Hawking's model of the universe, how did the universe start?
(a) It started with the evaporation of other universes.
(b) It started with a big bang.
(c) There was no beginning, it has always been there.
(d) It started with the collapse of a black hole in a previous universe.

12. The manuscript of Galileo's second major book was smuggled to a publisher located where?
(a) France.
(b) England.
(c) Holland.
(d) Germany.

13. Einstein was offered the presidency of which country?
(a) Israel.
(b) Germany.
(c) Palestine.
(d) Austria.

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

15. More than his support for Copernicus, what of Galileo's was considered the genesis of modern physics?
(a) His second major book.
(b) His development of mathematical formulas.
(c) His first major book.
(d) His work on proving Copernicanism.

Short Answer Questions

1. What book did Galileo publish, with the backing of the church's censors?

2. A long time friend of Galileo's held which high office in the church?

3. Hawking believes that scientists are too taken up with the "what" of the universe to ask which question?

4. What is another name for combination of operations?

5. A possible solution to combining general relativity and the uncertainty principle is what?

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