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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. Infinities in partial theories can be canceled out through a process known as what?
(a) Recontouring.
(b) Rebalancing.
(c) Restructuring.
(d) Renormalization.

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

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

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

5. What church panel was Galileo brought before?
(a) The Censors.
(b) The Crusade.
(c) The Inquisition.
(d) The Seekers.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Einstein signed a letter to what President urging him to take discovery of the nuclear bomb seriously?

3. Gamma ray detection might be able to be used to detect what?

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

5. The manuscript of Galileo's second major book was smuggled to a publisher located where?

Short Essay Questions

1. What punishment did the Inquisition order for Galileo?

2. Hawking says that when the universe loses all order, what will happen with life?

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

4. String theory implies what about other dimensions?

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

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

7. Why do physicists want to detect black holes?

8. What is the difference between string theory and the other theories?

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

10. According to Hawking, people are naturally curious about what?

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