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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. Copernicus and Kepler measured the distances of the solar system which were expressed in what?
(a) Leptons.
(b) Bosons.
(c) Astronomical units.
(d) Particles.

2. Most of Copernicus's work was unpublished until his death because he feared what?
(a) Retribution from the scientific community.
(b) Retribution from the Church.
(c) Retribution from his family.
(d) Retribution from his wife.

3. What is the study and practice of making maps?
(a) Alchemy.
(b) Chronometry.
(c) Astronomy.
(d) Cartography.

4. What foremost astronomer of the sixteenth century proved Aristotle wrong in 1577?
(a) Archimedes.
(b) John Calvin.
(c) Plato.
(d) Tycho Brahe.

5. What was the name of Charles Darwin's grandfather who had written the book, "Zoonomia"?
(a) Edwin Darwin.
(b) Erasmus Darwin.
(c) Johann Darwin.
(d) James Darwin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Copernicus studied the great astronomers, and particularly admired whom?

2. Where was Charles Darwin from?

3. Copernicus was influenced by what Parisian scholar who theorized that the earth was in motion?

4. In what year did Charles Darwin theorize that the Dangerous Archipelago was once a series of volcanoes?

5. What is the science of the measurement of time, or timekeeping?

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