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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 does supersymmetry imply?
(a) That particles had a spin property.
(b) That molecules have a spin property.
(c) That strings have a spin property.
(d) That gamma rays have a spin property.

2. What was everywhere when the universe was small?
(a) Molecular effects.
(b) Particle effects.
(c) Atomic effects.
(d) Quantum effects.

3. How does Hawking state particle states be represented?
(a) With satellite functions.
(b) With bell curves.
(c) With light functions.
(d) With wave functions.

4. What paradox does time travel generate?
(a) The light year paradox.
(b) The grandfather paradox.
(c) The snooze button paradox.
(d) The grandmother paradox.

5. What can Penrose and Hawking's machinery help them study?
(a) Singularities and black holes.
(b) Solar belts and singularities.
(c) Planetary rings and asteroids.
(d) Black holes and the middle of the earth.

Short Answer Questions

1. Name two things that are doubling every forty years.

2. What can Einstein's General Relativity be combined with?

3. What were Fat Man and Little Boy dropped on in 1945?

4. How did religious leaders respond to Hawking and Penrose's work?

5. What does Hawking resist believing in?

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