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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Black holes are speculated to be clumped together due to what?
(a) Movement.
(b) Expansion of the universe.
(c) Gravity.
(d) Collapse of the universe.

2. What is the purpose of an arrow of time?
(a) To indicate how far time must move.
(b) To indicate how fast time moves.
(c) To indicate how much time has passed.
(d) To give direction to time.

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

4. Einstein said that politics are for the present but equations are for how long?
(a) Forever.
(b) Eternity.
(c) Longer than politics.
(d) Infinity.

5. What is another name for combination of operations?
(a) Symmetries.
(b) Differentials.
(c) Factors.
(d) Equations.

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

7. What is one thing particles do when they enter a black hole?
(a) Become destroyed.
(b) Stop emitting light.
(c) Cause the emission of other particles.
(d) Become very dense.

8. Hawking calls the possibility of the universe collapsing "the big ____?"
(a) Explosion.
(b) Smash.
(c) Bang.
(d) Crunch.

9. In string theory, the strings have what dimension and no other?
(a) Depth.
(b) Length.
(c) Width.
(d) Height.

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

11. A closed string is defined as what?
(a) A string that connects two objects and no other.
(b) A string that closes off an area of space.
(c) A string that has ends.
(d) A string joined up with itself in a closed loop.

12. How many black holes are estimated per cubic light year of space?
(a) 450.
(b) 300.
(c) 350.
(d) 400.

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

14. A long time friend of Galileo's held which high office in the church?
(a) Cardinal.
(b) Pope.
(c) Bishop.
(d) Priest.

15. The laws of science that govern the behavior of matter under all normal situations say that under the combination of the two operations C and P, what happens?
(a) Situations happen with predictablity.
(b) Situations are reversed.
(c) Situations are unchanged.
(d) Situational principles must be tested.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do researchers want to find black holes?

2. What scientific feat led to the introduction of imaginary time?

3. What types of numbers can be used to run time backwards?

4. Mathematics is the language of what?

5. What does Hawking say math is useful for?

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