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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. What is one question we ask to make sense of the world around us?

2. What is one of Hawking's three possibilities for the unification of physics theory?

3. What theory says that the universe has always existed and always will?

4. In what year was Einstein's vocal support of the Zionist cause recognized?

5. Superstring theory lacks what kind of evidence?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. The Catholic Church allowed Galileo to write a book, but said that it must do what?

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

4. String theory implies what about other dimensions?

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

6. What is the estimated concentration of black holes?

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

8. Addressing the question of why the universe exists was once the job of philosophers, but now is not done because of what reason?

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

10. Hawking considers Galileo to be what?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss how science has evolved to lead us to the point we are today. What were some of the most influential concepts and ideas? What outside forces molded these ideas? Use the book to cite examples for your answer.

Essay Topic 2

A thesis is a main point, or argument, that an essay or book is intended to support. If there was a thesis for this book, what would it be and why? Please cite examples from the book.

Essay Topic 3

What is the theory of relativity? How is the theory of relativity important, and related to, the understanding of the universe? Please use the text to support your answers.

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