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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13 and 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the second premise of "On the Origin of Species"?
(a) Survival is based on the process of natural selection.
(b) Living creatures create more off-spring than nature can support.
(c) There are variations within species.
(d) Survival is based on nature versus nurture.

2. One of the most renowned transit expeditions was launched by the Royal Society in August 1768 on what ship?
(a) The USS Explorer.
(b) The HMS Explorer.
(c) The HMS Endeavour.
(d) The Beagle.

3. What was the original name of Nicolaus Copernicus?
(a) Aristarchus.
(b) Claudius Ptolemy.
(c) Mikolai Kopernik.
(d) Marco Polo.

4. What book did Copernicus have published near the time of his death?
(a) "On the Origin of Species."
(b) "The Almagest."
(c) "De Revolutionibus."
(d) "Sidereus Nuncius."

5. What is the religious belief that humanity, life, the Earth, and the universe are the creation of a supernatural being, most often referring to the Abrahamic God?
(a) Heliocentricism.
(b) Triangulation.
(c) Creationism.
(d) Asceticism.

Short Answer Questions

1. Nicolaus Copernicus was born thirty years after what was invented?

2. Who accused Copernicus of thinking he was superior to God?

3. When was Charles Darwin born?

4. Copernicus was impressed by the logic of whose belief that there was an underlying structure to the entire universe?

5. What is the study and practice of making maps?

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