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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. What can p-branes predict?
(a) The rates of condensation that the virtual-particle trio indicates.
(b) The rates of emission that the virtual-particle pair indicates.
(c) The rates of consumption that the real-particle pair indicates.
(d) The rates of emission that the molecules emit.

2. What outline of cosmic strings is flat?
(a) Space-time outline.
(b) Spatial outline.
(c) Wave outline.
(d) Atomic outline.

3. What is a p = 1 brane?
(a) A string.
(b) A box.
(c) A cone.
(d) A plane.

4. What does time have?
(a) A mark.
(b) A being.
(c) A shape.
(d) A presence.

5. What final state does Hawking wonder if humanity will ever reach?
(a) Geography and geology.
(b) Chemistry and physics.
(c) Science and technology.
(d) Ecology and biology.

Short Answer Questions

1. What can we not coherently ask about the way the universe is?

2. When did Einstein receive the Nobel prize?

3. What does general relativity combine time with space to form?

4. How can half-determinism be preserved in relation to black holes?

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

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