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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 may the no boundary condition imply?
(a) The universe can never be contained.
(b) The universe is self-contained.
(c) The universe is self-conducted.
(d) The universe will collapse if it cannot be condensed.

2. What theories of relativity did Einstein advance?
(a) Normal and placid.
(b) Special and general.
(c) General and perfect.
(d) Present perfect and past special.

3. What human conceptions did Einstein's papers change?
(a) Time, ciphers, and values.
(b) Morals, virtues, and predilections.
(c) Love, warp speed, and imaginary time.
(d) Space, time, and reality.

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

5. What did this theory of curved spaces help Einstein and Marcel Grossman to do?
(a) Generate a proof.
(b) Curve space.
(c) Build another theory.
(d) Mark time accurately.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hawking believe any good scientific theory should be rooted in?

2. What did nineteenth century scientists believe space was pervaded by?

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

4. What did Hawking and Hartle believe the universe may not have?

5. What equation shows mass and energy are equivalent?

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