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

2. How are galaxies distributed through space?
(a) Every two fathoms.
(b) Roughly uniformly.
(c) Neatly.
(d) Roughly diversely.

3. What does TOE stand for?
(a) Theory of Excellence.
(b) Theory of Everything.
(c) Theory of Everywhere.
(d) Theory on Ether.

4. What may be a law of nature?
(a) Decompression.
(b) Condensation.
(c) Inflation.
(d) Lifestyle.

5. In what realm of physics is it important to consider the Schrodinger equation?
(a) Contemporary theoretical physics.
(b) Medical theoretical physics.
(c) General theoretical physics.
(d) Special theoretical physics.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was absolute time overthrown as an idea?

2. What did Einstein wish people to abandon concerning time?

3. What do we need to describe what happens on the edge of the universe?

4. What characteristic of black holes has been stated as never having been observed?

5. What does time not have apart from the universe?

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