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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 19 and 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Kant first became interested in space travel after reading a review of what philosopher's book?
(a) Thomas Wright's.
(b) Aristotle's.
(c) Plato's.
(d) John Harrison's.

2. Where was Nicolaus Copernicus from?
(a) France.
(b) Poland.
(c) Germany.
(d) England.

3. What is the religious belief that humanity, life, the Earth, and the universe are the creation of a supernatural being, most often referring to the Abrahamic God?
(a) Triangulation.
(b) Heliocentricism.
(c) Creationism.
(d) Asceticism.

4. When was Claudius Ptolemy born?
(a) 120 B.C.
(b) 476 A.D.
(c) 90 A.D.
(d) 224 A.D.

5. William Herschel became most famous for the discovery of which planet?
(a) Mars.
(b) Pluto.
(c) Uranus.
(d) Venus.

Short Answer Questions

1. The reawakening of interest in the cosmos was sparked by the age of exploration, beginning with whose travels to China in the thirteenth century?

2. According to the author, the vacuum genesis argues that something came from nothing and the quantum genesis advocates the application of the random nature of ______ to the early universe.

3. Quantum physics first emerged when who theorized that energy came in discrete units called quanta?

4. Giovanni Cassini studied data by what astronomer who observed Mars at its closest passage to earth and determined, a value of 87 million miles for the astronomical unit?

5. What is the third premise of "On the Origin of Species"?

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