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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 does Hawking say might happen if humans don't destroy themselves?
(a) Humans will need to ration food.
(b) Humans will need to procreate rapidly.
(c) Humans will spread to other planets.
(d) Humans will find a way to live on the Earth forever.

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

3. How did religious leaders respond to Hawking and Penrose's work?
(a) It mystified them.
(b) It delighted them.
(c) It scared them.
(d) It made them struggle with their beliefs.

4. Who believed they could interpret General Relativity so time had an infinite past and an infinite future?
(a) Shalob and Khalatnikov.
(b) Lucas and Marx.
(c) Lifshitz and Khalatnikov.
(d) Hawking and Penrose.

5. What does the p-brane model show about information?
(a) Information cannot be captured.
(b) Information will escape a bit at a time through waves.
(c) Information will be captured in the p-brane waves' wave functions.
(d) Information can be channeled through bell curves and wave functions.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one reason Hawking takes multiple dimensions seriously?

2. How can one find black holes?

3. What did Newton's model suggest about time and space?

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

5. What popular sci-fi show does Hawking refer to when discussing its differences with humanity in a millennium?

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