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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. Where was Nicolaus Copernicus from?
(a) England.
(b) France.
(c) Poland.
(d) Germany.

2. Copernicus studied the great astronomers, and particularly admired whom?
(a) Aristotle.
(b) Archimedes.
(c) Aristarchus.
(d) Claudius Ptolemy.

3. 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) England.
(d) Rome.

4. What is a displacement or difference in the apparent position of an object viewed along two different lines of sight, and is measured by the angle or semi-angle of inclination between those two lines?
(a) Parallax.
(b) Chronometry.
(c) Micrometer.
(d) Cartography.

5. The subject of a universe of galaxies emerged again when Johann Lambert was appointed where?
(a) The University of Paris.
(b) Harvard University.
(c) The Berlin Academy of Sciences.
(d) Oxford University.

Short Answer Questions

1. Galileo's contributions to observational astronomy include the telescopic confirmation of the phases of what planet?

2. Galileo published his findings in what book?

3. Who backed the losing side of a power struggle and was jailed and executed in 524 A.D.?

4. In early models of the universe, what stood at the center of the universe?

5. What word means small or tiny?

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