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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hawking believe any good scientific theory should be rooted in?
(a) The philosophy of science advanced by Karl Popper.
(b) The philosophy of George Markus.
(c) The scientific work of Isaac Newton.
(d) The work of mathematician Karl Popper.

2. What human conceptions did Einstein's papers change?
(a) Morals, virtues, and predilections.
(b) Space, time, and reality.
(c) Love, warp speed, and imaginary time.
(d) Time, ciphers, and values.

3. What does general relativity combine time with space to form?
(a) Four-dimensional space-time.
(b) Two-dimensional planes.
(c) Five-dimensional warp speed.
(d) Three-dimensional physics.

4. What does relativity show about the speed of light?
(a) The speed of light will appear constant.
(b) The speed of light is dependent upon gravity.
(c) The speed of light is independent of will.
(d) The speed of light is an illusion of motion.

5. What did nineteenth century scientists believe space was pervaded by?
(a) Asteroids.
(b) Time.
(c) Ether.
(d) Methane.

6. What do we need to describe what happens on the edge of the universe?
(a) Boundary conditions.
(b) Limited perceptions.
(c) Boundary laws.
(d) Finite structures.

7. What may the universe not have, given quantum mechanics?
(a) Infinite knowledge.
(b) A beginning and an ending.
(c) Five histories.
(d) A single history or every possible history.

8. What did Penrose and Hawking demonstrate concerning General Relativity?
(a) The universe started with a tiny whirpool of light.
(b) The universe started with a massive explosion.
(c) The universe will collapse in a hundred years.
(d) The universe will end with a massive explosion.

9. What is intuitive to think about the "ground state" or stationary state of an object?
(a) This object would have zero energy.
(b) This object would have two energies.
(c) This object would have multiple energies.
(d) This object would thrive in a black hole.

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

11. How does Hawking think we should try to understand the beginning of the universe?
(a) In terms of scientific arguments.
(b) In terms of scientific laws.
(c) In terms of religious theories.
(d) In terms of philosophy.

12. What did Einstein suggest concerning the speed of light?
(a) Light is dependent on motion.
(b) Light is independent of time.
(c) Light is independent of motion.
(d) Light is dependent on time.

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

14. How were people's views of space-time changed because of Einstein's work?
(a) No one's idea of space-time was changed.
(b) Space-time became understood as a dynamic feature.
(c) Space-time became irrelevant.
(d) Space-time became understood as a passive feature.

15. What does time have?
(a) A presence.
(b) A being.
(c) A shape.
(d) A mark.

Short Answer Questions

1. If there is a low amount of matter in the universe what will happen?

2. What two things are considered capable of shaping space-time, according to Einstein?

3. What is vacuum energy's force inverse to?

4. Where did Einstein accept a position?

5. Who developed quantum theory?

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