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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 are singularities?
(a) Centers that appear infinitely small and dense.
(b) Time structures that appear infinitely small.
(c) Timepieces of infinitely dense space.
(d) Centers that appear finitely dense.

2. 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.

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

4. What does Hawking think black holes radiate?
(a) Sound.
(b) Energy.
(c) Heat.
(d) Light.

5. How can one find black holes?
(a) By seeking out the matter that revolves around finite space.
(b) By finding the mass of everything invisible.
(c) By seeking out the matter that orbits around a visible object.
(d) By finding matter that orbits around a seemingly invisible object.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does time have?

3. What does Hawking explain particles do not have?

4. What kind of philosophy do black holes have?

5. How is the following quote finished: "The human race needs to improve its mental and physical qualities to deal with an...?"

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