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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Our Future?, Star Trek or Not?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one hundred thousand times faster than evolution?
(a) The increase in energy states.
(b) The increase in population.
(c) The increase in mass growth.
(d) The increase in information.

2. When were strings regarded as insufficient?
(a) Before 1988.
(b) After 1988.
(c) After 1985.
(d) Before 1985.

3. What theories implied that supersymmetric field particles should have superpartners?
(a) Symmetric movement theories.
(b) Particle accelerator theories.
(c) Supertheoric partner theories.
(d) Supergravity theories.

4. What does Hawking believe any good scientific theory should be rooted in?
(a) The philosophy of science advanced by Karl Popper.
(b) The scientific work of Isaac Newton.
(c) The philosophy of George Markus.
(d) The work of mathematician Karl Popper.

5. What is a practical limit on the design of faster computers?
(a) The weight of gravity.
(b) The acceleration of mass.
(c) The speed of light.
(d) The speed of gravity.

Short Answer Questions

1. What can p-branes absorb?

2. What have serious effects on a quantum theory of gravity?

3. How many galaxies are there?

4. What did Einstein assume about scientific laws?

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

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