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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 human conceptions did Einstein's papers change?
(a) Morals, virtues, and predilections.
(b) Love, warp speed, and imaginary time.
(c) Time, ciphers, and values.
(d) Space, time, and reality.

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

3. What was the twentieth century's other complete conceptual revolution?
(a) Quantum theory.
(b) Molecular physics.
(c) Molecular biology.
(d) Quantum geology.

4. How is the following quote finished: "The human race needs to improve its mental and physical qualities to deal with an...?"
(a) Increasingly simple world.
(b) Increasingly complex world.
(c) Interesting and diversive world.
(d) Intuitive and diverse world.

5. What does Hawking say extraterrestrials might be like?
(a) Very primitive or very advanced.
(b) Like humans.
(c) Easy to get along with.
(d) Not very bright.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Hawking and Hartle believe the universe may not have?

2. What do string theories most notably lack?

3. What does Hawking think black holes radiate?

4. What are wormholes?

5. What is intuitive to think about the "ground state" or stationary state of an object?

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