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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. What can p-branes absorb?
(a) Thought.
(b) Shape.
(c) Particles.
(d) Stars.

2. What final state does Hawking wonder if humanity will ever reach?
(a) Science and technology.
(b) Ecology and biology.
(c) Chemistry and physics.
(d) Geography and geology.

3. What have serious effects on a quantum theory of gravity?
(a) Second state fluctuations.
(b) Fourth state fluctuations.
(c) Third state fluctuations.
(d) Ground state fluctuations.

4. What are the size of biological brains limited by?
(a) The womb.
(b) Animo Acids.
(c) The genome.
(d) Proteins.

5. What kind of philosophy do black holes have?
(a) A mature philosophy.
(b) A present philosophy.
(c) An escape philosophy.
(d) A contemporary philosophy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What made DNA obsolete as the only source of information about humans?

2. What do models based on imaginary time make?

3. As the brain increases in size, what may become slower as it grows more complex?

4. What can p-branes predict?

5. What is a practical limit on the design of faster computers?

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