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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. In what kind of theory does matter behave according to quantum theory?
(a) Special theory.
(b) Philosophical theory.
(c) Semiclassical theory.
(d) Geometrical theory.

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

3. How did religious leaders respond to Hawking and Penrose's work?
(a) It mystified them.
(b) It scared them.
(c) It made them struggle with their beliefs.
(d) It delighted them.

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

5. Where did Einstein accept a position?
(a) The Italian Academy of Science.
(b) The Prussian Academy of Science.
(c) The German Academy of Science.
(d) The American Academy of Science.

Short Answer Questions

1. By what year was Einstein famous?

2. What laws might allow space-time to warp to allow a spaceship to travel through the past?

3. What kind of theory do we not have yet that is essential to figuring out time travel?

4. What characteristic of black holes has been stated as never having been observed?

5. What is determinism threatened by?

(see the answer key)

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