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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. Who discovered the equation that governs the electron?
(a) Born.
(b) Dirac.
(c) Hawking.
(d) Einstein.
2. A possible solution to combining general relativity and the uncertainty principle is what?
(a) Supergravity.
(b) Cancelation of infinities.
(c) Elimination of the cosmological constant.
(d) Creating a new particle.
3. What church panel was Galileo brought before?
(a) The Crusade.
(b) The Seekers.
(c) The Censors.
(d) The Inquisition.
4. 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 connects two objects and no other.
(d) A string that closes off an area of space.
5. Black holes can capture matter particles and what other type of particles?
(a) Gluons.
(b) Virtual.
(c) Quarks.
(d) Gamma.
Short Answer Questions
1. Gamma ray detection might be able to be used to detect what?
2. Galileo was in constant conflict with what church?
3. Why did the universe not collapse back on itself shortly after the big bang?
4. How many questions are left unanswered prior to the development of math that incorporates quantum mechanics?
5. Hawking argues that randomness must exist to a certain degree due to what?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the difference between string theory and the other theories?
2. String theory implies what about other dimensions?
3. When you combine the general theory of relativity and quantum mechanics, what does that mean for the universe?
4. What is Einstein's general theory of relativity's famous equation?
5. Hawking concludes that life is only possible during the expansion phase of the universe for what reason?
6. Einstein preferred what over the fleeting nature of politics?
7. What might have happened to the black holes left over from the early period of the Big Bang?
8. Hawking considers Galileo to be what?
9. What is the mathematical problem regarding the origination of the universe?
10. What punishment did the Inquisition order for Galileo?
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