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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Protecting the Past.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What would happen if energy escaped the black hole over time?
(a) Its light would fragment.
(b) Its heat would escape as well.
(c) Its fragrance would emit.
(d) Its temperature would rise.

2. What do we need to describe what happens on the edge of the universe?
(a) Boundary laws.
(b) Finite structures.
(c) Boundary conditions.
(d) Limited perceptions.

3. What will be preserved if this equation determines the wave function?
(a) One quarter-determinism.
(b) Full determinism.
(c) Three quarter-determinism.
(d) Half-determinism.

4. What is intuitive to think about the "ground state" or stationary state of an object?
(a) This object would have multiple energies.
(b) This object would have zero energy.
(c) This object would thrive in a black hole.
(d) This object would have two energies.

5. What does Hawking think black holes radiate?
(a) Energy.
(b) Light.
(c) Sound.
(d) Heat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does relativity show about the speed of light?

2. What is the name of Hawking's conjecture about the laws of physics and macroscopic time travel?

3. Who did Einstein encourage to begin nuclear research?

4. What is Feynman's history idea called?

5. What equation will be able to determine the wave function for information?

(see the answer key)

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