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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 do black holes absorb?
(a) Weight.
(b) Mass.
(c) Energy.
(d) Heat.

2. What kind of rotating Einstein universe does Hawking consider?
(a) A precious universe.
(b) A spinning universe.
(c) A realistic universe.
(d) A hypothetical universe.

3. How did the universe initially expand?
(a) Fully and then not at all.
(b) Markedly slow.
(c) Increasingly quick.
(d) Rapidly and then more slowly.

4. What kind of philosophy do black holes have?
(a) A present philosophy.
(b) A contemporary philosophy.
(c) An escape philosophy.
(d) A mature philosophy.

5. What do cosmic strings allow space-time to do?
(a) Separate them.
(b) Curve around them.
(c) Push them apart.
(d) Push them closer together.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who developed quantum theory?

2. What does the universe's real-time history determine, according to Hawking and Hartle?

3. What equation shows mass and energy are equivalent?

4. What do the Schrodinger equations assume?

5. If there is a low amount of matter in the universe what will happen?

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