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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 did Einstein resist to admit that general relativity implied if all the stars died?
(a) The universe would never have existed.
(b) The universe would collapse and recreate itself.
(c) The universe would come to an end.
(d) The universe would never die.

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

3. What does Hawking believe any good scientific theory should be rooted in?
(a) The work of mathematician Karl Popper.
(b) The philosophy of George Markus.
(c) The scientific work of Isaac Newton.
(d) The philosophy of science advanced by Karl Popper.

4. What does examining smaller distances require in physics?
(a) More force than exists in black holes.
(b) More mass than exists in black holes.
(c) More energy than exists in black holes.
(d) More gravity than exists in black holes.

5. What theory of Einstein's contradicted Newton's law of gravity?
(a) Conscience.
(b) Specifism.
(c) Relativity.
(d) Pacificism.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was everywhere when the universe was small?

2. Where did Einstein accept a position?

3. What would happen if energy escaped the black hole over time?

4. Whom did Einstein later marry after his first marriage fell apart?

5. What is one hundred thousand times faster than evolution?

(see the answer key)

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