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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Even empty space is filled with what?
(a) Pairs of particles to form dark matter.
(b) Pairs of positive and negative particles.
(c) Pairs of virtual particles and antiparticles.
(d) Pairs of protons and electrons.

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

3. The publication of what book made Einstein declare, " If I were wrong, then one would've been enough."
(a) All Against Einstein.
(b) 101 Authors Against Einstein.
(c) 1000 Authors Against Einstein.
(d) 100 Authors Against Einstein.

4. What theory says that the universe has always existed and always will?
(a) Grand unified theory.
(b) Particle physics.
(c) Theory of everything.
(d) Quantum mechanics.

5. A possible solution to combining general relativity and the uncertainty principle is what?
(a) Creating a new particle.
(b) Cancelation of infinities.
(c) Supergravity.
(d) Elimination of the cosmological constant.

6. What is entropy?
(a) Amount of velocity in a system.
(b) Amount of disintegration in a system.
(c) Amount of disorder in a system.
(d) Amount of movement in a system.

7. The laws of science that govern the behavior of matter under all normal situations say that under the combination of the two operations C and P, what happens?
(a) Situations happen with predictablity.
(b) Situations are unchanged.
(c) Situations are reversed.
(d) Situational principles must be tested.

8. Superstring theory lacks what kind of evidence?
(a) Mathematical.
(b) Experimental.
(c) Theoretical.
(d) Observational.

9. What might escape from a black hole?
(a) Something with more gravitational force than a black hole.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Photons.
(d) Gamma rays.

10. Hawking argues that randomness must exist to a certain degree due to what?
(a) The lack of knowledge.
(b) The theory of relativity.
(c) The uncertainty principle.
(d) The ability to run time backwards.

11. What is the purpose of an arrow of time?
(a) To indicate how fast time moves.
(b) To indicate how much time has passed.
(c) To indicate how far time must move.
(d) To give direction to time.

12. The uncertainty principle says that certain pairs of quantities (like position and velocity of a particle) cannot be determined with what?
(a) Experiments.
(b) Mathematics.
(c) Accuracy.
(d) Relational theory.

13. An open string is defined as what?
(a) A string with no end.
(b) A string that connects nothing.
(c) A string that connects two things.
(d) A string with an end.

14. What was the name of Galileo's book that had to be smuggled to a publisher?
(a) Modern Sciences.
(b) Two New Sciences.
(c) Modern Physics.
(d) Two New Views.

15. What book did Galileo publish, with the backing of the church's censors?
(a) Dialogue Concerning God and Science.
(b) Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems.
(c) Dialogue Concerning the Relation of the World.
(d) Dialogue Concerning Humanity and the Universe.

Short Answer Questions

1. A long time friend of Galileo's held which high office in the church?

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

3. If something can escape the event horizon of a black hole, it would be explained by thinking about the behavior of what?

4. Hawking believes that scientists are too taken up with the "what" of the universe to ask which question?

5. There must be a beginning and an end to the universe if what theory is used?

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