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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) Boring topics.
(b) Easy topics.
(c) Well-off topics.
(d) Hot research topics.

2. When did Einstein receive the Nobel prize?
(a) 1967.
(b) 1925.
(c) 1921.
(d) 1943.

3. What does the universe's real-time history determine, according to Hawking and Hartle?
(a) Its historical fictions.
(b) Its fictional time history.
(c) Its third-eye time history.
(d) Its imaginary time history and vice versa.

4. What does Hawking believe we should try to understand?
(a) Gravitational spin.
(b) The universe.
(c) Market theory.
(d) All philosophy.

5. What does Hawking think black holes radiate?
(a) Light.
(b) Heat.
(c) Sound.
(d) Energy.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many galaxies are there?

2. What are WIMPS?

3. What are the size of biological brains limited by?

4. What made DNA obsolete as the only source of information about humans?

5. What did Hawking and Hartle believe the universe may not have?

(see the answer key)

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