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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 kind of probability must this universe generate to produce a macroscopic time loop?
(a) A functional probability.
(b) A no boundary probability.
(c) A low enough probability.
(d) A high enough probability.

2. As the brain increases in size, what may become slower as it grows more complex?
(a) Hard drives.
(b) Informational value.
(c) Informational weight.
(d) Computation.

3. What does Hawking explain particles do not have?
(a) Round-bodied physics.
(b) Well-defined positions or velocities.
(c) Easily-shaped positions.
(d) Molecular shapes.

4. What kind of energy density might an advanced civilization be able to create?
(a) An energy density infinite on a spatial boundary.
(b) An energy density finite on a spatial plane.
(c) An energy density infinite on a level ground.
(d) An energy density finite on a time boundary.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Einstein resist to admit that general relativity implied if all the stars died?

2. Where did Einstein move in 1914?

3. How can one find black holes?

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

5. What did this theory of curved spaces help Einstein and Marcel Grossman to do?

(see the answer key)

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