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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 did the philosopher Immanuel Kant worry about concerning time and Newton's model?
(a) That Newton's model was too irrelevant.
(b) This this implied time was finite.
(c) That Newton's model was disproportionate.
(d) That this implied time was infinite.

2. How do most discussions of time travel begin?
(a) With general relativity.
(b) With special relativity.
(c) With longitudinal equations.
(d) With perpendicular theorems.

3. How did physicists respond to Hawking and Penrose's work?
(a) They were mystified.
(b) They were insanely horrified.
(c) They disliked the idea.
(d) They were delighted.

4. What did Strominger and Vafa postulate in 1996?
(a) That black holes are composed of p-branes.
(b) That black holes house new worlds.
(c) That black holes are composed of f-branes.
(d) That black holes are empty.

5. Why is it important that the sky is dark?
(a) It demonstrates that light hasn't reached every point in the universe.
(b) It demonstrates that the universe must have a light switch.
(c) It demonstrates that the sky is more inclined to darker tones.
(d) It demonstrates that the dark extends further than the light.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the p-brane model show about information?

2. What kind of philosophy do black holes have?

3. What kind of fluctuations do we have to consider to answer whether or not time travel is possible?

4. How could time travel be possible?

5. How does Hawking think we should try to understand the beginning of the universe?

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