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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. Because of the curvature of space-time, how do paths appear to bend?
(a) As if moved by a field.
(b) As if moved by magnets.
(c) As if moved by gravity.
(d) As if moved by a plane.

2. What can we not coherently ask about the way the universe is?
(a) Why the universe is so big.
(b) Why the universe is so small.
(c) Why the universe is the way it is.
(d) Why the universe will end.

3. According to Popper, what happens if positivism is true?
(a) We cannot say what space is.
(b) We cannot believe in time.
(c) We lose all negativity.
(d) We cannot say what time is.

4. What does Hawking believe any good scientific theory should be rooted in?
(a) The work of mathematician Karl Popper.
(b) The scientific work of Isaac Newton.
(c) The philosophy of George Markus.
(d) The philosophy of science advanced by Karl Popper.

5. Who believed they could interpret General Relativity so time had an infinite past and an infinite future?
(a) Lucas and Marx.
(b) Lifshitz and Khalatnikov.
(c) Hawking and Penrose.
(d) Shalob and Khalatnikov.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Einstein move in 1914?

2. What may the universe not have, given quantum mechanics?

3. What was the twentieth century's other complete conceptual revolution?

4. What was everywhere when the universe was small?

5. How many galaxies are there?

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