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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 15 and 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the world of quantum physics, fermions comprise matter and bosons convey what?
(a) Mass.
(b) Radiology.
(c) Force.
(d) Dark matter.

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

3. When was Claudius Ptolemy born?
(a) 90 A.D.
(b) 476 A.D.
(c) 120 B.C.
(d) 224 A.D.

4. When was Galileo Galilei born?
(a) 410 A.D.
(b) 1642.
(c) 1564.
(d) 220 B.C.

5. The author of "An Original Theory or New Hypothesis of the Universe" described the Milky Way as what?
(a) In quantum flux.
(b) A flattened disc of stars.
(c) In retrograde motion.
(d) An elliptical radiant.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Aristotle born?

2. The subject of a universe of galaxies emerged again when Johann Lambert was appointed where?

3. Who wrote the work "Mathematical Syntaxis"?

4. The Royal Society was established in what year?

5. Newton's first law expanded on the theory of inertia by asserting that an object stays in motion unless it is what?

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