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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. In what year did Bartholomeu Diaz round the Cape of Good Hope on the southern tip if Africa?
(a) 1488.
(b) 1598.
(c) 1455.
(d) 1616.

2. When did Eudoxus of Cnidus attend the Academy in Athens?
(a) 385 B.C.
(b) 410 B.C.
(c) 384 B.C.
(d) 330 B.C.

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

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

5. 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"?
(a) Timekeeping and navigation.
(b) Determining religious history.
(c) Estimating the population.
(d) Predicting the future.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the fall of Rome, Christian zealots were said to have burned all the "pagan" books in the library where?

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

3. With the conquest of Alexander the Great, the Greeks gained access to what?

4. Who cited the scriptures where Joshua "commanded the sun to stand still, and not the earth" in Chapter 4: "The Sun Worshipers"?

5. Most of Copernicus's work was unpublished until his death because he feared what?

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