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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. How do objects in space-time attempt to move?
(a) In straight lines.
(b) In loops.
(c) In curves.
(d) In boxes.

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

3. What does Hawking think one can do to positive vacuum energy?
(a) Divide it.
(b) Move it.
(c) Square it.
(d) Ration it.

4. Who developed quantum theory?
(a) Max Jeoff.
(b) Max Planck.
(c) Percy Max.
(d) Max Wurst.

5. What did the philosopher Immanuel Kant worry about concerning time and Newton's model?
(a) This this implied time was finite.
(b) That Newton's model was disproportionate.
(c) That Newton's model was too irrelevant.
(d) That this implied time was infinite.

Short Answer Questions

1. How were people's views of space-time changed because of Einstein's work?

2. For nearly all of history, what has moved forward?

3. What theories of relativity did Einstein advance?

4. What does Hawking think black holes radiate?

5. What two things are considered capable of shaping space-time, according to Einstein?

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