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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. How do most discussions of time travel begin?
(a) With perpendicular theorems.
(b) With longitudinal equations.
(c) With special relativity.
(d) With general relativity.

2. What theories of relativity did Einstein advance?
(a) Present perfect and past special.
(b) Special and general.
(c) Normal and placid.
(d) General and perfect.

3. What does Hawking compare to brains in the complexity versus speed trade-off?
(a) Malfunctioning circuit boards.
(b) Electronic circuits.
(c) Underground wires.
(d) Sonic waves.

4. How many dimensions may the universe be composed of?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) One.
(d) More than four.

5. How are galaxies distributed through space?
(a) Every two fathoms.
(b) Neatly.
(c) Roughly uniformly.
(d) Roughly diversely.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Hawking state particle states be represented?

2. What does Hawking claim continues to penetrate smaller distances?

3. How many books a year are estimated to be published?

4. What kind of fluctuations do we have to consider to answer whether or not time travel is possible?

5. Where did Einstein move in 1914?

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