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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. Who cited the scriptures where Joshua "commanded the sun to stand still, and not the earth" in Chapter 4: "The Sun Worshipers"?
(a) Pontius Pilate.
(b) Martin Luther.
(c) Marco Polo.
(d) John Calvin.

2. What is the resistance of any physical object to a change in its state of motion or rest, or the tendency of an object to resist any change in its motion?
(a) Quantum flux.
(b) Quantum mechanics.
(c) Asceticism.
(d) Inertia.

3. Nicolaus Copernicus was born thirty years after what was invented?
(a) The radio.
(b) The automobile.
(c) The wheel.
(d) The printing press.

4. 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) Prince Henry the Navigator.
(b) Mikolai Kopernik.
(c) Martin Luther.
(d) Nicole Oresme.

5. As far back as Ptolemy, geography was employed as an aid in the study of what, according to the author in Chapter 3: "The Discovery of the Earth"?
(a) Cosmology.
(b) Heliocentricism.
(c) Astronomy.
(d) Triangulation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the discipline that deals with the nature of the Universe as a whole?

2. What was the epicenter of the burgeoning interest in seaward adventures, according to the author in Chapter 3: "The Discovery of the Earth"?

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

4. Copernicus studied the great astronomers, and particularly admired whom?

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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