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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Two, The Sea of Light.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year was America's first oil crisis?
(a) 1989.
(b) 2001.
(c) 1973.
(d) 1955.

2. What did Ed Mitchell see as an artificial construct as he headed back to Earth on Apollo 14?
(a) Sound.
(b) Reality.
(c) Space.
(d) Time.

3. What point on the moon did the astronauts not reach that they had planned to study?
(a) Mons Huygens.
(b) Horrebow.
(c) Apenninus.
(d) Cone Crater.

4. According to the author, Albert Enstein distrusted _____.
(a) Politicians.
(b) Rocket scientists.
(c) Radioactivity.
(d) Quantum mechanics.

5. The ability of a quantum entity to influence another quantum particle instantaneously over any distance despite there being no change of force or energy is called _____.
(a) Nonlocality.
(b) Profusion.
(c) Shifting.
(d) Magnetism.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the author describe Ed Mitchell's looks?

2. According to the author, gravity is the _____ of physics.

3. What is the term for the point the wave is at on its oscillating journey?

4. _____ had no meaning in isolation but could only be understood in their relationships.

5. The Eastern religions term the blind epiphany of meaning as _____, which is how Ed Mitchell felt coming back from the moon.

(see the answer key)

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