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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. How were people's views of space-time changed because of Einstein's work?
(a) Space-time became understood as a dynamic feature.
(b) Space-time became understood as a passive feature.
(c) Space-time became irrelevant.
(d) No one's idea of space-time was changed.

2. What was everywhere when the universe was small?
(a) Atomic effects.
(b) Particle effects.
(c) Molecular effects.
(d) Quantum effects.

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

4. What equation will be able to determine the wave function for information?
(a) Popper.
(b) Heisenberg.
(c) Rossinger.
(d) Schrodinger.

5. What did Einstein assume about scientific laws?
(a) Laws are never fallible.
(b) Laws should remain constant in the view of all observers.
(c) Most laws need to be rewritten.
(d) Laws are always fallible.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What theories implied that supersymmetric field particles should have superpartners?

3. How does Hawking state particle states be represented?

4. What are cosmic strings?

5. What did Penrose and Hawking demonstrate concerning General Relativity?

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