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

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

3. The uncertainty principle says that certain pairs of quantities (like position and velocity of a particle) cannot be determined with what?
(a) Mathematics.
(b) Relational theory.
(c) Experiments.
(d) Accuracy.

4. Hawking believes that if science does discover a complete theory of the universe, then humans will have come to know what?
(a) When humanity will end.
(b) The mind of God.
(c) The nature of infinity.
(d) If there is an end of time.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the letter C stand for in combinations of operations?

3. Gravitational force is always what?

4. What was the name of Galileo's book that had to be smuggled to a publisher?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Real time is described in math using what?

2. What might have happened to the black holes left over from the early period of the Big Bang?

3. Hawking considers Galileo to be what?

4. Why did the Catholic church demand that Galileo stop writing about Copernican theory?

5. Einstein preferred what over the fleeting nature of politics?

6. What is one theory about what happens when particles match up with their anti-particles on the event horizon of a black hole?

7. Why do physicists want to detect black holes?

8. What is the estimated concentration of black holes?

9. What does the psychological arrow of time represent?

10. What is the mathematical problem regarding the origination of the universe?

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