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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Our Future?, Star Trek or Not?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do objects in space-time attempt to move?
(a) In loops.
(b) In curves.
(c) In straight lines.
(d) In boxes.

2. What question does Hawking ask about extraterrestrials?
(a) If they were smart, why haven't they contacted us?
(b) If they were out there, why would they want to contact us?
(c) If they were advanced, why haven't they spread across the galaxy?
(d) If they are real, why haven't we discovered them?

3. What does supersymmetry imply?
(a) That gamma rays have a spin property.
(b) That molecules have a spin property.
(c) That strings have a spin property.
(d) That particles had a spin property.

4. What kind of evolution is described as random?
(a) Harmonious.
(b) Biological.
(c) Relational.
(d) Inter-species.

5. What was discovered in the 1970s that revealed a natural physical mechanism?
(a) A new sort of timewarp.
(b) A new sort of planck.
(c) A new sort of symmetry.
(d) A new sort of plane.

Short Answer Questions

1. What can one not curve space without also curving?

2. What characteristic of black holes has been stated as never having been observed?

3. What famous quote is attributed to physicist John Wheeler?

4. How does Hawking state particle states be represented?

5. What have serious effects on a quantum theory of gravity?

(see the answer key)

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