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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4: The Sun Worshipers.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Copernicus was impressed by the logic of whose belief that there was an underlying structure to the entire universe?
(a) Archimedes'.
(b) Aristotle's.
(c) Plato's.
(d) Eudoxus'.

2. Copernicus was influenced by what Parisian scholar who theorized that the earth was in motion?
(a) Nicole Oresme.
(b) Plato.
(c) Eudoxus.
(d) Pontius Pilate.

3. In what country is Stonehenge located?
(a) France.
(b) Germany.
(c) England.
(d) India.

4. Where was Christopher Columbus from?
(a) Italy.
(b) France.
(c) Germany.
(d) England.

5. Approximately when was Eudoxus of Cnidus born?
(a) 218 B.C.
(b) 410 B.C.
(c) 355 B.C.
(d) 128 A.D.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Christopher Columbus depart on his journey to the New World?

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

3. Who sentenced Jesus Christ to death?

4. Who wrote the work "Mathematical Syntaxis"?

5. When was Isaac Newton born?

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