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

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

3. Legend had it that Galileo dropped what off the tower of Pisa to illustrate that all objects fell at the same rate of speed?
(a) Two metal balls.
(b) Two apples.
(c) A brick and a feather.
(d) Two feathers.

4. The first step in the exploration of intergalactic space was taken by what philosopher?
(a) John Harrison.
(b) Emanuel Kant.
(c) Jean Richer.
(d) Claudius Ptolemy.

5. Giovanni Cassini studied data by what astronomer who observed Mars at its closest passage to earth and determined, a value of 87 million miles for the astronomical unit?
(a) John Harrison.
(b) Jean Richer.
(c) Marco Polo.
(d) Plato.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who sentenced Jesus Christ to death?

2. Copernicus and Kepler measured the distances of the solar system which were expressed in what?

3. What describes a lifestyle characterized by abstinence from various sorts of worldly pleasures often with the aim of pursuing religious and spiritual goals?

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

5. Who wrote a paper entitled, "The Sand Reckoner"?

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