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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. Where was William Herschel from?
(a) France.
(b) England.
(c) Germany.
(d) Spain.

2. According to the author in Chapter 19, what has shown that the same matter and elements exist everywhere?
(a) Darwinian evolution.
(b) Quantum physics.
(c) Astrophysics.
(d) Black holes.

3. Galileo published his findings in what book?
(a) "The Almagest."
(b) "De Revolutionibus."
(c) "On the Origin of Species."
(d) "Sidereus Nuncius."

4. Who wrote, "The greatest of all the accomplishments of twentieth-century science has been the discovery of human ignorance"?
(a) James Williams.
(b) Lew Thomas.
(c) Philip Morrison.
(d) Giuseppe Cocconi.

5. When was René Descartes born?
(a) 1596.
(b) 1795.
(c) 1638.
(d) 1895.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 16, the author describes theoretical physicists, saying,"Theoretical physicists, like artists are guided in their work by aesthetic as well as" what concerns?

2. In the world of quantum physics, fermions comprise matter and bosons convey what?

3. There is suspicion that there may be undetected matter which astronomers refer to as what?

4. What theorized that the spiral and elliptical nebulae were clouds of gas that were forming new stars?

5. The first known practical telescopes were invented in the Netherlands at the beginning of what century?

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