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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Predicting the Future.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was Einstein born?
(a) 1899.
(b) 1798.
(c) 1879.
(d) 1867.

2. What will be preserved if this equation determines the wave function?
(a) Half-determinism.
(b) One quarter-determinism.
(c) Full determinism.
(d) Three quarter-determinism.

3. What can p-branes predict?
(a) The rates of emission that the molecules emit.
(b) The rates of consumption that the real-particle pair indicates.
(c) The rates of condensation that the virtual-particle trio indicates.
(d) The rates of emission that the virtual-particle pair indicates.

4. How does Hawking state particle states be represented?
(a) With satellite functions.
(b) With bell curves.
(c) With wave functions.
(d) With light functions.

5. What did Einstein wish people to abandon concerning time?
(a) The idea of the 24 hour clock.
(b) A general notion of the ratio of time to speed.
(c) That time equals money.
(d) A universal notion of time.

Short Answer Questions

1. What characteristic of black holes has been stated as never having been observed?

2. How did religious leaders respond to Hawking and Penrose's work?

3. Why is it important that the sky is dark?

4. How are galaxies distributed through space?

5. When were strings regarded as insufficient?

(see the answer key)

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