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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Our Future?, Star Trek or Not?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is it important that the sky is dark?
(a) It demonstrates that the sky is more inclined to darker tones.
(b) It demonstrates that the universe must have a light switch.
(c) It demonstrates that light hasn't reached every point in the universe.
(d) It demonstrates that the dark extends further than the light.

2. What did the philosopher Immanuel Kant worry about concerning time and Newton's model?
(a) That Newton's model was too irrelevant.
(b) That Newton's model was disproportionate.
(c) This this implied time was finite.
(d) That this implied time was infinite.

3. Who were unconvinced by the ideas of an infinite past and future?
(a) Lifshitz and Hawking.
(b) Shalob and Khalatnikov.
(c) Popper and Newkowitz.
(d) Penrose and Hawking.

4. Whom did Einstein later marry after his first marriage fell apart?
(a) His sister's friend Eleanor.
(b) His cousin Elsa.
(c) His friend Margaret.
(d) His brother's sister Mary.

5. What are singularities?
(a) Time structures that appear infinitely small.
(b) Timepieces of infinitely dense space.
(c) Centers that appear infinitely small and dense.
(d) Centers that appear finitely dense.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of probability must this universe generate to produce a macroscopic time loop?

2. What outline of cosmic strings is flat?

3. How do most discussions of time travel begin?

4. What was discovered in the 1970s that revealed a natural physical mechanism?

5. What did Einstein wish people to abandon concerning time?

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