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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Albert Einstein.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Einstein said he was not coming back to Germany, what was the headline in the paper?
(a) Good News from Einstein - He's Not Coming Back.
(b) We Lost the Greatest Mathematician of our Time.
(c) Professor Einstein Stays Away to Save His Life.
(d) Good-Bye Bad Science - Einstein remains in America.

2. A black hole results from a large star using up what type of fuel?
(a) Gaseous.
(b) Helium.
(c) Hydrogen.
(d) Liquid.

3. Hawking is what type of physicist?
(a) Theoretical.
(b) Astro.
(c) Micro.
(d) Particle.

4. Science has become too _____, so that normal people and philosophers cannot understand it.
(a) Complex.
(b) Technical and mathematical.
(c) Removed from reality.
(d) Abstract.

5. A closed string is defined as what?
(a) A string that has ends.
(b) A string joined up with itself in a closed loop.
(c) A string that closes off an area of space.
(d) A string that connects two objects and no other.

Short Answer Questions

1. The writer of the Introduction hints that time might be able to move in what direction?

2. Aristotle thought that the Earth was what?

3. In what year did Stephen Hawking enter the Royal Society of London?

4. Some particles might match up with their anti-particles at what point?

5. What is one of Hawking's three possibilities for the unification of physics theory?

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