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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who proposed the idea that there are such things called quanta?
(a) Roger Primrose.
(b) Max Plank.
(c) Stephen Hawking.
(d) Albert Einstein.

3. From what location was the Introduction written?
(a) Ithaca, NY
(b) Ithaca, NJ
(c) Ithaca, CA
(d) Ithaca, AZ

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

5. Who published a paper on Brownian motion in 1905?
(a) Ernest Rutherford.
(b) Murray Gell-Mann.
(c) James Chadwick.
(d) Albert Einstein.

Short Answer Questions

1. What theory best describes the singularities of black holes and big bangs?

2. All the particles in the universe are what type of spin?

3. Who created the idea that a star can collapse and become a black hole?

4. Most people believe that since the universe had a beginning it must have a what?

5. Quanta are made of what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why might our present day ways of thinking about the universe seem ridiculous in the future?

2. Due to the influences of mass and energy, light does what?

3. What was the Ancient Greek view of the universe?

4. What will happen if the expansion of the universe stops?

5. Scientists start with observations and mathematics to answer the fundamental questions and then do what?

6. What is one implication of the theory of relativity?

7. What is the relationship between quantum mechanics and predictions?

8. Why can nothing move faster than the speed of light according to the theory of relativity?

9. What are some characteristics of a black hole?

10. How did Einstein observe Brownian motion?

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