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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11 and 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was Albert Einstein born?
(a) 1798.
(b) 1919.
(c) 1818.
(d) 1879.

2. The Islamic followers of whom misinterpreted his calculations and created a model that was cumbersome and impractical?
(a) Jean Richer.
(b) Archimedes.
(c) Claudius Ptolemy.
(d) Aristotle.

3. Who was the first astronomer to suggest a solar-centered planetary system?
(a) Claudius Ptolemy.
(b) Pontius Pilate.
(c) Archimedes.
(d) Aristarchus.

4. William Herschel was the first astronomer to make "acute, systematic observations of the universe" beyond what?
(a) The moon.
(b) Jupiter.
(c) The solar system.
(d) The sun.

5. The first step in the exploration of intergalactic space was taken by what philosopher?
(a) Jean Richer.
(b) Emanuel Kant.
(c) Claudius Ptolemy.
(d) John Harrison.

Short Answer Questions

1. By the time of Archimedes' death, Greek science, along with the rest of the intellectual world, had been transferred from Athens to where?

2. When was Christopher Wren born?

3. Who sentenced Jesus Christ to death?

4. Copernicus and Kepler measured the distances of the solar system which were expressed in what?

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

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