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

2. By what year was Einstein famous?
(a) 1907.
(b) 1988.
(c) 1899.
(d) 1909.

3. What did Hubble find about collections of stars?
(a) Super novas are common in collections of stars.
(b) Black holes can be found within large collections of stars.
(c) Collections of stars always have two megastars.
(d) They are sometimes red-shifted and blue-shifted.

4. Dirac's discoveries were difficult to reconcile with what?
(a) Maxwell's unification of magnetism, energy, and electricity.
(b) Newton's law of gravity.
(c) Popper's theory of demystification.
(d) Hawking's harangue on black hole theory.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does time have?

2. Who developed quantum theory?

3. When was Einstein born?

4. What will be preserved if this equation determines the wave function?

5. What does Hawking think is beneficial concerning matter?

(see the answer key)

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