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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 can quantum theory represent?
(a) The dimensions of spacetime.
(b) The curves of space and time.
(c) The model of a timewarp.
(d) The shaping of space and time.

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

3. Who produced the theory about curved spaces?
(a) George Markowitz.
(b) Harvey Dent.
(c) Georg Reimann.
(d) Professor Marx.

4. How does Hawking describe exploring the galaxy?
(a) Quick and methodical.
(b) Slow and easy.
(c) Slow and tedious.
(d) Fast and furious.

5. Name two things that are doubling every forty years.
(a) Population and electricity consumption.
(b) Kohl states and energy acceleration.
(c) Energy density and population.
(d) Magnetism and force.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hawking think one can do to positive vacuum energy?

2. Which project produced Fat Man and Little Boy?

3. What is Feynman's history idea called?

4. What kind of philosophy do black holes have?

5. How can half-determinism be preserved in relation to black holes?

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