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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 theories implied that supersymmetric field particles should have superpartners?
(a) Symmetric movement theories.
(b) Supergravity theories.
(c) Supertheoric partner theories.
(d) Particle accelerator theories.

2. What does Hawking resist believing in?
(a) One dimension.
(b) Extra dimensions.
(c) Never-ending dimensions.
(d) Ten dimensions.

3. What sort of lengths do P-branes have?
(a) Vertical lengths.
(b) Horizonal lengths.
(c) Circular lengths.
(d) Directional lengths.

4. How does Hawking state particle states be represented?
(a) With wave functions.
(b) With satellite functions.
(c) With light functions.
(d) With bell curves.

5. What do models based on imaginary time make?
(a) Innumerable falsities.
(b) Blanket superstitions.
(c) Good predictions.
(d) False predictions.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Hawking describe himself?

3. Dirac's discoveries were difficult to reconcile with what?

4. For nearly all of history, what has moved forward?

5. What did the philosopher Immanuel Kant worry about concerning time and Newton's model?

(see the answer key)

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