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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. The reawakening of interest in the cosmos was sparked by the age of exploration, beginning with whose travels to China in the thirteenth century?
(a) Plato's.
(b) Eudoxus'.
(c) Claudius Ptolemy's.
(d) Marco Polo's.

2. The Middle Ages encompassed the period from the 5th century to when?
(a) The 15th century.
(b) The 12th century.
(c) The 16th century.
(d) The 13th century.

3. Who backed the losing side of a power struggle and was jailed and executed in 524 A.D.?
(a) Marco Polo.
(b) Ancius Boethius.
(c) Prince Henry the Navigator.
(d) Archimedes.

4. Nicolaus Copernicus was born thirty years after what was invented?
(a) The printing press.
(b) The automobile.
(c) The wheel.
(d) The radio.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What carpenter turned clockmaker invented the marine chronometer?

2. Eudoxus went on to establish his own observatory where?

3. What is a division of the astronomical science that is concerned with getting data, in contrast with theoretical astrophysics, which is mainly concerned with finding out the measurable implications of physical models?

4. Most of Copernicus's work was unpublished until his death because he feared what?

5. What is the science of the measurement of time, or timekeeping?

Short Essay Questions

1. What interests did Isaac Newton have in addition to science, according to the author in Chapter 6: "Newton's Reach"?

2. How had Greek science changed by Archimedes' death according to the author in Chapter 2: "Raising (and Lowering) the Roof"?

3. What was the major problem with astronomical units, as described by the author in Chapter 7: "A Plumb Line to the Sun"?

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

5. What had remained a major problem for explorers at sea as described by the author in Chapter 7: "A Plumb Line to the Sun"?

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

7. How does the author describe early models of the universe in Chapter 2: "Raising (and Lowering) the Roof"?

8. How is the telescope Newton developed described in Chapter 6: "Newton's Reach"?

9. Where did the pursuit of science evolve after the rise of Christianity, according to the author in Chapter 2: "Raising (and Lowering) the Roof"?

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

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