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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Hawking used what kind of space-time to reach the conclusion that the universe is similar to a sphere?
(a) Newtonian.
(b) Aristotelian.
(c) Ptolemaic.
(d) Euclidean.

2. What does the P stand for in combinations of operations?
(a) The mirror image.
(b) The particular charge of a particle.
(c) The positve of a negative.
(d) The place a particle holds.

3. What is the name for the limit that states the smallest mass a star can have in order for it to produce a black hole?
(a) Rustinmaliyan limit.
(b) Subrahmanyan limit.
(c) Torontareian limit.
(d) Chandrasekhar limit.

4. Hawking's model of the universe says the universe will end how?
(a) It will never end.
(b) It will end because black holes will suck all matter in.
(c) It will end in a big explosion.
(d) It will end because all matter will disappear.

5. What question is among the unanswerable questions children ask, according to the Introduction?
(a) What happens when we die?
(b) Why is there a universe?
(c) Why does time only go in one direction?
(d) Why are we here?

Short Answer Questions

1. Gravitational force is always what?

2. What theory best describes the singularities of black holes and big bangs?

3. What is entropy?

4. If you use Hawking's model of the universe, how did the universe start?

5. Heisenberg and Erwin Shrodinger developed what reformulation of standard mechanics?

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