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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2: Raising (and Lowering) the Roof.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Aristotle created a model of the universe based on whose work?
(a) Andromache's.
(b) Jean Richer's.
(c) Eudoxus'.
(d) Claudius Ptolemy's.

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

3. Eudoxus went on to establish his own observatory where?
(a) China.
(b) Alexandria.
(c) Athens.
(d) The Nile.

4. The Middle Ages encompassed the period from the 5th century to when?
(a) The 12th century.
(b) The 16th century.
(c) The 15th century.
(d) The 13th century.

5. With the conquest of Alexander the Great, the Greeks gained access to what?
(a) The Roman story of creation.
(b) The Mesopotanian history books.
(c) Babylonian astronomical records.
(d) The Dead Sea scrolls.

Short Answer Questions

1. Approximately when was Eudoxus of Cnidus born?

2. When was Claudius Ptolemy born?

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

5. What refers to motion in the direction opposite to the movement of something else, and is the contrary of direct or prograde motion?

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