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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, The Universe in a Nutshell.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hawking believe the possibility of intelligent beings depends on?
(a) The amount of matter in the universe.
(b) The amount of thought in the universe.
(c) The amount of space in the universe.
(d) The amount of time in the universe.

2. What is one of the twentieth century's greatest discoveries?
(a) The earth will be uninhabitable in fifty years.
(b) The universe is expanding.
(c) The universe is collapsing.
(d) There are extraterrestrials.

3. What may the universe not have, given quantum mechanics?
(a) A beginning and an ending.
(b) Infinite knowledge.
(c) Five histories.
(d) A single history or every possible history.

4. How do objects in space-time attempt to move?
(a) In loops.
(b) In straight lines.
(c) In boxes.
(d) In curves.

5. When did Einstein receive the Nobel prize?
(a) 1943.
(b) 1925.
(c) 1967.
(d) 1921.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What theories of relativity did Einstein advance?

3. Whom did Einstein later marry after his first marriage fell apart?

4. What did Einstein assume about scientific laws?

5. Who developed quantum theory?

(see the answer key)

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