1. The young specialist in English Lit,...lectured me severely on the fact that in every century people have thought they understood the Universe at last, and in every century they were proved to be wrong. It follows that the one thing we can say about our modern "knowledge" is that it is wrong.... My answer to him was, "... when people thought the Earth was flat, they were wrong. When people thought the Earth was spherical they were wrong. But if you think that thinking the Earth is spherical is just as wrong as thinking the Earth is flat, then your view is wronger than both of them put together.” -Isaac Asimov 1920-1992

2. A car accelerates from a stop as the engine delivers constant power. Is the acceleration greater at the beginning or at the end? A] Beginning B] End C] Acceleration is the same, since power is.

3. To get a ball to go twice as high, you need to throw it with A] twice the initial speed B] four times the initial speed C] half the initial speed D] √2 times the initial speed Ans. D. This will double the initial kinetic energy, and thus double the final height.