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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6: Newton's Reach.

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) Marco Polo.
(c) Pontius Pilate.
(d) Martin Luther.

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

3. Who sentenced Jesus Christ to death?
(a) Pontius Pilate.
(b) Judas.
(c) Archimedes.
(d) Aristarchus.

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

5. Galileo's contributions to observational astronomy include the telescopic confirmation of the phases of what planet?
(a) Venus.
(b) Jupiter.
(c) Pluto.
(d) Mars.

Short Answer Questions

1. What foremost astronomer of the sixteenth century proved Aristotle wrong in 1577?

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

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

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

5. According to the author in Chapter 1: "The Dome of Heaven," Plato felt that "abstract geometrical forms were" what?

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