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

2. How did the universe initially expand?
(a) Fully and then not at all.
(b) Rapidly and then more slowly.
(c) Increasingly quick.
(d) Markedly slow.

3. How does Hawking think we should try to understand the beginning of the universe?
(a) In terms of scientific laws.
(b) In terms of religious theories.
(c) In terms of philosophy.
(d) In terms of scientific arguments.

4. What theories implied that supersymmetric field particles should have superpartners?
(a) Symmetric movement theories.
(b) Supergravity theories.
(c) Supertheoric partner theories.
(d) Particle accelerator theories.

5. What is vacuum energy's force inverse to?
(a) Acceleration.
(b) Weight.
(c) Force.
(d) Mass.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is intuitive to think about the "ground state" or stationary state of an object?

2. What did Einstein assume about scientific laws?

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

4. What does general relativity combine time with space to form?

5. How do objects in space-time attempt to move?

(see the answer key)

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