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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 was discovered in the 1970s that revealed a natural physical mechanism?
(a) A new sort of plane.
(b) A new sort of timewarp.
(c) A new sort of planck.
(d) A new sort of symmetry.

2. What did Penrose and Hawking demonstrate concerning General Relativity?
(a) The universe will end with a massive explosion.
(b) The universe started with a tiny whirpool of light.
(c) The universe started with a massive explosion.
(d) The universe will collapse in a hundred years.

3. According to Hawking, what lies ahead in the future if no great disaster occurs?
(a) Improving human genetics.
(b) Improving human morals.
(c) Improving animal genetics.
(d) Improving the quality of life for all humans.

4. What kind of advanced development does Hawking predict for humanity?
(a) Religious development.
(b) Social development.
(c) Biological and electronic development.
(d) Weapon development.

5. How does Hawking think we should try to understand the beginning of the universe?
(a) In terms of religious theories.
(b) In terms of philosophy.
(c) In terms of scientific arguments.
(d) In terms of scientific laws.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Feynman's history idea called?

2. What does time not have apart from the universe?

3. What did Newton's model suggest about time and space?

4. What equation will be able to determine the wave function for information?

5. What does Hawking resist believing in?

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