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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. What kind of evolution is described as random?
(a) Relational.
(b) Biological.
(c) Inter-species.
(d) Harmonious.
2. What kind of explanation does Hawking give for how it might be possible to travel through time?
(a) General.
(b) Superficial.
(c) Blanket statement.
(d) Complex.
3. How is the following quote finished: "The human race needs to improve its mental and physical qualities to deal with an...?"
(a) Interesting and diversive world.
(b) Increasingly simple world.
(c) Increasingly complex world.
(d) Intuitive and diverse world.
4. What kind of rotating Einstein universe does Hawking consider?
(a) A realistic universe.
(b) A spinning universe.
(c) A precious universe.
(d) A hypothetical universe.
5. How does Hawking state particle states be represented?
(a) With wave functions.
(b) With light functions.
(c) With satellite functions.
(d) With bell curves.
Short Answer Questions
1. What kind of theory do we not have yet that is essential to figuring out time travel?
2. What outline of cosmic strings is flat?
3. When was absolute time overthrown as an idea?
4. What barrier could wormholes break?
5. What kind of philosophy do black holes have?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does it mean for Hawking to think one can "move" positive vacuum energy?
2. What partially restores determinism and why?
3. What are wormholes?
4. At what rate is the computational power of computers increasing, and what computational rate might they actually reach?
5. What does Hawking think about the possible technological level of extraterrestrials?
6. How would black hole radiation occur?
7. What does Hawking claim might happen if children could gestate outside the womb?
8. What is the grandfather paradox?
9. What might p-branes be able to predict?
10. What does much of the possibility of time travel depend upon?
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