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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 did Newton's model suggest about time and space?
(a) Time and space are only observed.
(b) Time and space are inter-related subparticle phenomena.
(c) Time and space can't be observed.
(d) Time and space were not affected by events around them.

2. What did nineteenth century scientists believe space was pervaded by?
(a) Methane.
(b) Ether.
(c) Time.
(d) Asteroids.

3. Who later showed that general relativity implied the Big Bang?
(a) Stephen Hawking and Roger Penrose.
(b) Stephen Hawking and Matthew Williams.
(c) Allen Walton and Roger Penrose.
(d) Allen Walton and Zion Greenlee.

4. What did Einstein suggest concerning the speed of light?
(a) Light is dependent on time.
(b) Light is independent of time.
(c) Light is dependent on motion.
(d) Light is independent of motion.

5. Why is it important that the sky is dark?
(a) It demonstrates that the universe must have a light switch.
(b) It demonstrates that the sky is more inclined to darker tones.
(c) It demonstrates that the dark extends further than the light.
(d) It demonstrates that light hasn't reached every point in the universe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Einstein assume about scientific laws?

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

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

4. What does Hawking resist believing in?

5. How did religious leaders respond to Hawking and Penrose's work?

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