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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who sentenced Jesus Christ to death?
(a) Judas.
(b) Archimedes.
(c) Aristarchus.
(d) Pontius Pilate.
2. What Arabic secret society published tables of planetary distances that had been calculated by Aristarchus?
(a) The Scientific Mathematics.
(b) The Brothers of Peace.
(c) The Arabic Society.
(d) The Brethren of Purity.
3. Aristotle created a model of the universe based on whose work?
(a) Andromache's.
(b) Claudius Ptolemy's.
(c) Jean Richer's.
(d) Eudoxus'.
4. What carpenter turned clockmaker invented the marine chronometer?
(a) Jean Richer.
(b) Plato.
(c) Marco Polo.
(d) John Harrison.
5. Copernicus was influenced by what Parisian scholar who theorized that the earth was in motion?
(a) Eudoxus.
(b) Pontius Pilate.
(c) Nicole Oresme.
(d) Plato.
Short Answer Questions
1. The Royal Society was established in what year?
2. With advancements in clocks and the development of better maps, astronomers attempted to triangulate what planets?
3. The last great Western scientist before the Dark Ages was whom, according to the author?
4. Who did Christopher Columbus persuade to finance his search for a New World?
5. When was Edmond Halley born?
Short Essay Questions
1. What discoveries did Galileo make in his studies of the cosmos, according to the author in Chapter 5: "The World in Retrograde"?
2. With whom did Eudoxus study astronomy, according to the author in Chapter 1: "The Dome of Heaven"? Where?
3. How are the early years of Copernicus described in Chapter 4: "The Sun Worshipers"? What and where did he study?
4. Why did global exploration expand interest in the cosmos, according to the author in Chapter 3: "The Discovery of the Earth"?
5. How does the author describe early models of the universe in Chapter 2: "Raising (and Lowering) the Roof"?
6. What was the major problem with astronomical units, as described by the author in Chapter 7: "A Plumb Line to the Sun"?
7. How did the concept of inertia change the image of the cosmos, according to the author in Chapter 2: "Raising (and Lowering) the Roof"?
8. What did Galileo attempt do bring physics into the study of in Chapter 5: "The World in Retrograde"?
9. How had Greek science changed by Archimedes' death according to the author in Chapter 2: "Raising (and Lowering) the Roof"?
10. Where was the epicenter of sea exploration, according to the author in Chapter 3: "The Discovery of the Earth"? Who established an astronomical observatory and navigational institute at this time?
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