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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. When was Einstein born?
(a) 1867.
(b) 1798.
(c) 1899.
(d) 1879.

2. What made DNA obsolete as the only source of information about humans?
(a) Culture.
(b) Language.
(c) Song.
(d) Quantum theory.

3. Where does one set of possibilities lie in relation to using the laws of physics to explore the galaxy?
(a) DNA.
(b) RNA.
(c) SNA.
(d) MNA.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What may computers also have like human brains?

2. What did Einstein suggest concerning the speed of light?

3. Who later showed that general relativity implied the Big Bang?

4. When particles hit p-branes, what are produced?

5. What can one not curve space without also curving?

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