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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9 The Arrow of Time.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Most people believe that since the universe had a beginning it must have a what?
(a) A birth.
(b) A timeline.
(c) An end.
(d) A middle.

2. What theory best describes the singularities of black holes and big bangs?
(a) Quantum mechanics.
(b) Theory of relativity.
(c) Theory of everything.
(d) Molecular engineering.

3. The disease Stephen Hawking has affects what?
(a) His ability to reason.
(b) His emotions.
(c) His mind.
(d) His body.

4. Time is not separate from space, but is combined with it to form what?
(a) The spectrum.
(b) Space-time.
(c) Three dimensional space.
(d) The two dimesions.

5. 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) Subrahmanyan limit.
(b) Torontareian limit.
(c) Chandrasekhar limit.
(d) Rustinmaliyan limit.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hawking is what type of physicist?

2. The general theory of relativity best describes what world?

3. According to Hawking, when the universe has lost all order, life will be what?

4. Quanta are made of what?

5. There are at least how many different arrows of time?

(see the answer key)

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