View a FREE sample

This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How could this energy density be created?
(a) By dividing the molecules into fragments and then reassembling them.
(b) By creating new weights for each energy density.
(c) By separating virtual particles from real particles.
(d) By taking out virtual particles in a closed loop.

2. What kind of philosophy do black holes have?
(a) An escape philosophy.
(b) A mature philosophy.
(c) A present philosophy.
(d) A contemporary philosophy.

3. What can p-branes absorb?
(a) Thought.
(b) Stars.
(c) Shape.
(d) Particles.

4. What will be preserved if this equation determines the wave function?
(a) Three quarter-determinism.
(b) One quarter-determinism.
(c) Full determinism.
(d) Half-determinism.

5. What question does Hawking ask about extraterrestrials?
(a) If they were out there, why would they want to contact us?
(b) If they were smart, why haven't they contacted us?
(c) If they are real, why haven't we discovered them?
(d) If they were advanced, why haven't they spread across the galaxy?

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

7. What is the name of Hawking's conjecture about the laws of physics and macroscopic time travel?
(a) The Chronological Spacetime Conjecture.
(b) The Timeline Protection Conjecture.
(c) The Chronology Protection Conjecture.
(d) The Theoretical Projection Conjecture.

8. What kind of fluctuations do we have to consider to answer whether or not time travel is possible?
(a) Quantum fluctuations.
(b) Spacetime fluctuations.
(c) Spatial fluctuations.
(d) Geological fluctuations.

9. What does the p-brane model show about information?
(a) Information will escape a bit at a time through waves.
(b) Information will be captured in the p-brane waves' wave functions.
(c) Information can be channeled through bell curves and wave functions.
(d) Information cannot be captured.

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

11. How does Hawking describe exploring the galaxy?
(a) Slow and easy.
(b) Fast and furious.
(c) Slow and tedious.
(d) Quick and methodical.

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

13. What kind of energy density might an advanced civilization be able to create?
(a) An energy density finite on a spatial plane.
(b) An energy density infinite on a spatial boundary.
(c) An energy density infinite on a level ground.
(d) An energy density finite on a time boundary.

14. What are cosmic strings?
(a) Objects with length but tiny cross sections.
(b) Sections of space divided into tiny lines.
(c) Points between which waves connect.
(d) Planes with narrowly etched furrows.

15. What made DNA obsolete as the only source of information about humans?
(a) Culture.
(b) Language.
(c) Quantum theory.
(d) Song.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Feynman's history idea called?

2. According to Hawking, what lies ahead in the future if no great disaster occurs?

3. When particles hit p-branes, what are produced?

4. What laws might allow space-time to warp to allow a spaceship to travel through the past?

5. What barrier could wormholes break?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 520 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample