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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. What does the P stand for in combinations of operations?
(a) The positve of a negative.
(b) The mirror image.
(c) The particular charge of a particle.
(d) The place a particle holds.

2. According to Hawking, when the universe has lost all order, life will be what?
(a) Impossible.
(b) Creative.
(c) Non-existent.
(d) Fun.

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

4. Black holes can capture matter particles and what other type of particles?
(a) Quarks.
(b) Virtual.
(c) Gluons.
(d) Gamma.

5. What book did Galileo publish, with the backing of the church's censors?
(a) Dialogue Concerning the Relation of the World.
(b) Dialogue Concerning Humanity and the Universe.
(c) Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems.
(d) Dialogue Concerning God and Science.

Short Answer Questions

1. Galileo was in constant conflict with what church?

2. Science has become too _____, so that normal people and philosophers cannot understand it.

3. What type of matter might account for gravitational forces that cannot be explained by the mass of our universe?

4. When Hitler came to power, where was Einstein?

5. There must be a beginning and an end to the universe if what theory is used?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does a weak form of the anthropic principle hold for the view of the universe?

2. When you combine the general theory of relativity and quantum mechanics, what does that mean for the universe?

3. When did the early ideas that the universe is deterministic fall apart?

4. What punishment did the Inquisition order for Galileo?

5. What are the three possibilities Hawking sees for the unification of physics theory?

6. What does the psychological arrow of time represent?

7. If quantum mechanics is used, then the universe has always done what?

8. Hawking concludes that life is only possible during the expansion phase of the universe for what reason?

9. String theory implies what about other dimensions?

10. Why do physicists want to detect black holes?

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