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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 two things are considered capable of shaping space-time, according to Einstein?
(a) Mass and energy.
(b) Time and conclusion.
(c) Matter and weight.
(d) Gravity and space.

2. What did Hawking and Hartle believe the universe may not have?
(a) A broad scope.
(b) A boundary.
(c) A time condition.
(d) A narrow scope.

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

4. How did physicists respond to Hawking and Penrose's work?
(a) They were insanely horrified.
(b) They were mystified.
(c) They were delighted.
(d) They disliked the idea.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What may the no boundary condition imply?

3. What is thought to expand at an accelerating rate in our universe?

4. What does Hawking resist believing in?

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

(see the answer key)

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