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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5: The World in Retrograde.

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) John Calvin.
(b) Martin Luther.
(c) Pontius Pilate.
(d) Marco Polo.

2. Who did Christopher Columbus persuade to finance his search for a New World?
(a) Prince Henry the Navigator.
(b) Queen Elizabeth.
(c) Queen Isabella.
(d) King Henry IV.

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

4. When was Isaac Newton born?
(a) 1564.
(b) 1872.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1642.

5. Nicolaus Copernicus's work proved that what system was inaccurate?
(a) The Ptolemaic system.
(b) Triangulation.
(c) Quantum flux.
(d) The Tychonic system.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Copernicus was impressed by the logic of whose belief that there was an underlying structure to the entire universe?

3. The Islamic followers of whom misinterpreted his calculations and created a model that was cumbersome and impractical?

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

5. What ancient people thought of the sky as a canopy supported by the mountains, according to the author in Chapter 1: "The Dome of Heaven"?

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