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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Einstein suggest concerning the speed of light?
(a) Light is independent of motion.
(b) Light is dependent on time.
(c) Light is dependent on motion.
(d) Light is independent of time.

2. What did this theory of curved spaces help Einstein and Marcel Grossman to do?
(a) Mark time accurately.
(b) Build another theory.
(c) Generate a proof.
(d) Curve space.

3. What does Hawking think is beneficial concerning matter?
(a) Mass is converted into matter from gravitational fields.
(b) Energy is converted into matter from gravitational fields.
(c) Matter is converted into weight.
(d) Matter is converted into energy from periscopal fields.

4. Who developed quantum theory?
(a) Max Wurst.
(b) Percy Max.
(c) Max Jeoff.
(d) Max Planck.

5. How did physicists respond to Hawking and Penrose's work?
(a) They were insanely horrified.
(b) They were delighted.
(c) They disliked the idea.
(d) They were mystified.

Short Answer Questions

1. What may the universe not have, given quantum mechanics?

2. What did Newton's model suggest about time and space?

3. Because of the curvature of space-time, how do paths appear to bend?

4. What may the no boundary condition imply?

5. What two things are considered capable of shaping space-time, according to Einstein?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the theory of general relativity break down when discussing the Big Bang?

2. What is the no boundary condition, and what does it imply?

3. What is a p = 1 brane and a p = 2 brane?

4. Why do ground state fluctuations have serious effects on the quantum theory of gravity?

5. What is considered to be expanding in our universe, and why does Hawking think this is beneficial?

6. What paper did Einstein write with Grossman in 1913 and what happened in 1915 related to this same project?

7. What does the E = mc2 equation show?

8. How did the general relativity theory break down?

9. Describe imaginary time.

10. What is Hawking's view about mathematical models?

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