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

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

3. What sort of lengths do P-branes have?
(a) Vertical lengths.
(b) Horizonal lengths.
(c) Circular lengths.
(d) Directional lengths.

4. Dirac's discoveries were difficult to reconcile with what?
(a) Newton's law of gravity.
(b) Hawking's harangue on black hole theory.
(c) Popper's theory of demystification.
(d) Maxwell's unification of magnetism, energy, and electricity.

5. How did religious leaders respond to Hawking and Penrose's work?
(a) It delighted them.
(b) It scared them.
(c) It mystified them.
(d) It made them struggle with their beliefs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Einstein encourage to begin nuclear research?

2. What did Einstein suggest concerning the speed of light?

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

4. What did the philosopher Immanuel Kant worry about concerning time and Newton's model?

5. What is one of the twentieth century's greatest discoveries?

(see the answer key)

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