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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. What word means small or tiny?
(a) Demonstrative.
(b) Indicative.
(c) Intuitive.
(d) Diminutive.

2. When did Galileo Galilei die?
(a) 1642.
(b) 1697.
(c) 1710.
(d) 1666.

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

4. As far back as Ptolemy, geography was employed as an aid in the study of what, according to the author in Chapter 3: "The Discovery of the Earth"?
(a) Triangulation.
(b) Astronomy.
(c) Cosmology.
(d) Heliocentricism.

5. With advancements in clocks and the development of better maps, astronomers attempted to triangulate what planets?
(a) Jupiter and Pluto.
(b) Mars and Saturn.
(c) Saturn and Pluto.
(d) Venus and Mars.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who cited the scriptures where Joshua "commanded the sun to stand still, and not the earth" in Chapter 4: "The Sun Worshipers"?

2. When was Edmond Halley born?

3. According to the author in Chapter 7: "A Plumb Line to the Sun," some ships and their crews were lost at sea because it was difficult to establish what?

4. In what country is Stonehenge located?

5. What book did Copernicus have published near the time of his death?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are the early years of Copernicus described in Chapter 4: "The Sun Worshipers"? What and where did he study?

2. What theory did Copernicus work tirelessly to prove, according to the author Chapter 4: "The Sun Worshipers"? When were his ideas published?

3. What did Galileo attempt do bring physics into the study of in Chapter 5: "The World in Retrograde"?

4. What aspects of the cosmos confused ancient astronomers, according to the author in Chapter 1: "The Dome of Heaven"?

5. With whom did Eudoxus study astronomy, according to the author in Chapter 1: "The Dome of Heaven"? Where?

6. How does the author describe the work and theories of Claudius Ptolemy in Chapter 1: "The Dome of Heaven"?

7. What achievements did Eudoxus go on to accomplish after his studies? Who did he influence, according to the author in Chapter 1: "The Dome of Heaven"?

8. What did Tycho witness in 1572 that influenced his ideas, according to the author in Chapter 4: "The Sun Worshipers"?

9. How does the author describe micrometry in Chapter 7: "A Plumb Line to the Sun"?

10. What explorations around the Cape of Good Hope does the author describe in Chapter 3: "The Discovery of the Earth"? When did these take place?

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