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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. Because of the curvature of space-time, how do paths appear to bend?
(a) As if moved by a plane.
(b) As if moved by gravity.
(c) As if moved by a field.
(d) As if moved by magnets.

2. Where does one set of possibilities lie in relation to using the laws of physics to explore the galaxy?
(a) MNA.
(b) DNA.
(c) SNA.
(d) RNA.

3. What equation will be able to determine the wave function for information?
(a) Popper.
(b) Rossinger.
(c) Heisenberg.
(d) Schrodinger.

4. What is one of the twentieth century's greatest discoveries?
(a) There are extraterrestrials.
(b) The universe is collapsing.
(c) The universe is expanding.
(d) The earth will be uninhabitable in fifty years.

5. What would a civilization have to do to build a time machine?
(a) Preclude the time travel paradox.
(b) Create a new cosmos.
(c) Generate enough heat to fuel the time machine's engines.
(d) Surpass a time travel "horizon."

Short Answer Questions

1. If a brane was small what might happen?

2. What kind of theory do we not have yet that is essential to figuring out time travel?

3. What kind of world does Hawking say we live in?

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

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

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