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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8: Deep Space.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. William Herschel became most famous for the discovery of which planet?
(a) Pluto.
(b) Mars.
(c) Uranus.
(d) Venus.

2. Galileo published his findings in what book?
(a) "De Revolutionibus."
(b) "Sidereus Nuncius."
(c) "On the Origin of Species."
(d) "The Almagest."

3. Who launched one of the most renowned transit expeditions was launched by the Royal Society in August 1768?
(a) Captain James Cook.
(b) Prince Henry the Navigator.
(c) Claudius Ptolemy.
(d) Marco Polo.

4. In trigonometry and geometry, what is the process of determining the location of a point by measuring angles to it from known points at either end of a fixed baseline, rather than measuring distances to the point directly?
(a) Chronometry.
(b) Alchemy.
(c) Triangulation.
(d) Astronomy.

5. By the time of Archimedes' death, Greek science, along with the rest of the intellectual world, had been transferred from Athens to where?
(a) Alexandria.
(b) Sparta.
(c) Rome.
(d) England.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Claudius Ptolemy born?

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

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

4. Kant first became interested in space travel after reading a review of what philosopher's book?

5. When was William Herschel born?

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