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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 time.
(b) Light is dependent on motion.
(c) Light is dependent on time.
(d) Light is independent of motion.

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

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

4. Why is it important that the sky is dark?
(a) It demonstrates that the dark extends further than the light.
(b) It demonstrates that the sky is more inclined to darker tones.
(c) It demonstrates that light hasn't reached every point in the universe.
(d) It demonstrates that the universe must have a light switch.

5. How many articles did Einstein pen that rocketed him to the top of the scientific community?
(a) Three.
(b) Ten.
(c) Two.
(d) Five.

Short Answer Questions

1. Dirac's discoveries were difficult to reconcile with what?

2. What did Hubble find about collections of stars?

3. What can we not coherently ask about the way the universe is?

4. What were Fat Man and Little Boy dropped on in 1945?

5. What was the twentieth century's other complete conceptual revolution?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Hawking believe the possibility of intelligent beings' existence depends on?

2. Briefly describe Einstein's involvement in the events of WWII.

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

4. What kind of history might the universe have, according to quantum mechanics?

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

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

7. What does the E = mc2 equation show?

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

9. What is vacuum energy?

10. What idea about the galaxies did Einstein never take seriously?

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