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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. Where was Galileo Galilei from?
(a) Spain.
(b) Italy.
(c) Germany.
(d) France.

2. The Royal Society was established in what year?
(a) 1598.
(b) 1782.
(c) 1689.
(d) 1603.

3. What is the astronomical model in which the Earth and planets revolve around a stationary Sun at the center of the universe?
(a) Asceticism.
(b) Triangulation.
(c) Heliocentricism.
(d) The Tychonic system.

4. What is the geometric theory of gravitation published by Albert Einstein in 1916?
(a) General relativity.
(b) Asceticism.
(c) The Tychonic system.
(d) Quantum mechanics.

5. Who was the first to explore the coast of Africa and discover its rich natural resources in Chapter 3: "The Discovery of the Earth"?
(a) Martin Luther.
(b) Prince Henry the Navigator.
(c) Nicole Oresme.
(d) Mikolai Kopernik.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Arabic secret society published tables of planetary distances that had been calculated by Aristarchus?

2. Practical reasons for learning about the stars and their movement included what in ancient times, according to the author in Chapter 1: "The Dome of Heaven"?

3. What carpenter turned clockmaker invented the marine chronometer?

4. William Herschel became most famous for the discovery of which planet?

5. Isaac Newton was intrigued by whose theories on inertia and the solar system?

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