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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 kind of topics does Hawking claim brane worlds are?
(a) Well-off topics.
(b) Boring topics.
(c) Hot research topics.
(d) Easy topics.

2. What kind of advanced development does Hawking predict for humanity?
(a) Weapon development.
(b) Biological and electronic development.
(c) Social development.
(d) Religious development.

3. What does time not have apart from the universe?
(a) Futuristic tendencies.
(b) Independent meaning.
(c) Dependent meaning.
(d) Illegitimate significance.

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

5. According to Popper, what happens if positivism is true?
(a) We cannot say what space is.
(b) We cannot say what time is.
(c) We lose all negativity.
(d) We cannot believe in time.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is intuitive to think about the "ground state" or stationary state of an object?

2. Where did Einstein receive his degree?

3. What can Einstein's General Relativity be combined with?

4. What equation shows mass and energy are equivalent?

5. What does Hawking believe the possibility of intelligent beings depends on?

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