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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. The writer of the Introduction hints that time might be able to move in what direction?

2. Who discovered the theory of gravity?

3. Who wrote the introduction?

4. Light moves along what sort of lines?

5. A black hole results from a large star using up what type of fuel?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the six varieties of quarks?

2. What stops quantum mechanics from explaining everything in the universe?

3. What do religious explanations to fundamental questions of the universe reveal?

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

5. Light behaves in which two manners?

6. The mathematical formulas that result from a scientific model of the universe must do what?

7. What happens at the event horizon of a black hole?

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

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

10. What model of the atom persisted until the 1960's?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Pick a scientist (Einstein, Galileo or Newton) and discuss, using examples from the book, that scientist's contributions to the view of the universe we hold today.

Essay Topic 2

What does the evolution of ideas since the days of mythology have to do with our world view today? Support your answer with examples from the text.

Essay Topic 3

What do the arrows of time symbolize? What are their purposes? Which one is most important in our universe? Which one would Hawking say is most important? Why? Please use the text to support your answers.

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