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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Predicting the Future.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What human conceptions did Einstein's papers change?
(a) Space, time, and reality.
(b) Morals, virtues, and predilections.
(c) Time, ciphers, and values.
(d) Love, warp speed, and imaginary time.

2. What characteristic of black holes has been stated as never having been observed?
(a) Logic.
(b) Willpower.
(c) Radiation.
(d) Karma.

3. Who later showed that general relativity implied the Big Bang?
(a) Allen Walton and Roger Penrose.
(b) Stephen Hawking and Matthew Williams.
(c) Allen Walton and Zion Greenlee.
(d) Stephen Hawking and Roger Penrose.

4. What did Einstein wish people to abandon concerning time?
(a) A universal notion of time.
(b) The idea of the 24 hour clock.
(c) That time equals money.
(d) A general notion of the ratio of time to speed.

5. What is a p = 2 brane?
(a) A ladder.
(b) A geometrical unit.
(c) A wall.
(d) A surface.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one of the twentieth century's greatest discoveries?

2. How are galaxies distributed through space?

3. What was everywhere when the universe was small?

4. What did Einstein assume about scientific laws?

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

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