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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, Brane New World.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Dirac's discoveries were difficult to reconcile with what?
(a) Maxwell's unification of magnetism, energy, and electricity.
(b) Newton's law of gravity.
(c) Hawking's harangue on black hole theory.
(d) Popper's theory of demystification.

2. What is the name of Hawking's conjecture about the laws of physics and macroscopic time travel?
(a) The Chronological Spacetime Conjecture.
(b) The Chronology Protection Conjecture.
(c) The Timeline Protection Conjecture.
(d) The Theoretical Projection Conjecture.

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

4. What barrier could wormholes break?
(a) The light barrier.
(b) The sound barrier.
(c) The no-boundary barrier.
(d) The weight barrier.

5. What kind of radiation do we not see coming from evaporating black holes that we should see?
(a) Gamma radiation.
(b) Alpha radiation.
(c) Mega radiation.
(d) Kappa radiation.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Einstein receive his degree?

2. What can Penrose and Hawking's machinery help them study?

3. According to Popper, what happens if positivism is true?

4. What is a practical limit on the design of faster computers?

5. What kind of world does Hawking say we live in?

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