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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 is a p = 2 brane?
(a) A wall.
(b) A ladder.
(c) A geometrical unit.
(d) A surface.

2. What does general relativity combine time with space to form?
(a) Two-dimensional planes.
(b) Three-dimensional physics.
(c) Four-dimensional space-time.
(d) Five-dimensional warp speed.

3. What does Hawking believe the possibility of intelligent beings depends on?
(a) The amount of matter in the universe.
(b) The amount of time in the universe.
(c) The amount of thought in the universe.
(d) The amount of space in the universe.

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

5. Who did Einstein encourage to begin nuclear research?
(a) President Roosevelt.
(b) President Johnson.
(c) President Grant.
(d) President Truman.

Short Answer Questions

1. Because galaxies are not far apart, fifteen billion years ago what might have occurred?

2. What do we need to describe what happens on the edge of the universe?

3. What does Hawking believe we should try to understand?

4. What did Einstein resist to admit that general relativity implied if all the stars died?

5. What did one of Einstein's mathematical errors prevent Marcel and Einstein from doing?

(see the answer key)

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