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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, The Universe in a Nutshell.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By what year was Einstein famous?
(a) 1909.
(b) 1899.
(c) 1907.
(d) 1988.

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

3. What was the twentieth century's other complete conceptual revolution?
(a) Quantum geology.
(b) Molecular physics.
(c) Quantum theory.
(d) Molecular biology.

4. How are galaxies distributed through space?
(a) Neatly.
(b) Roughly uniformly.
(c) Roughly diversely.
(d) Every two fathoms.

5. What does Hawking resist believing in?
(a) One dimension.
(b) Ten dimensions.
(c) Extra dimensions.
(d) Never-ending dimensions.

Short Answer Questions

1. What equation shows mass and energy are equivalent?

2. Which project produced Fat Man and Little Boy?

3. How did the universe initially expand?

4. What can we not coherently ask about the way the universe is?

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

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