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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. When was Christopher Wren born?
(a) 1698.
(b) 1666.
(c) 1632.
(d) 1717.

2. What refers to motion in the direction opposite to the movement of something else, and is the contrary of direct or prograde motion?
(a) Triangulation.
(b) Asceticism.
(c) Retrograde motion.
(d) Lepton.

3. When was Galileo Galilei born?
(a) 410 A.D.
(b) 220 B.C.
(c) 1642.
(d) 1564.

4. The Age of Discovery was a period in history starting in the early 15th century and continuing into what century?
(a) 18th.
(b) 16th.
(c) 17th.
(d) 19th.

5. Copernicus studied the great astronomers, and particularly admired whom?
(a) Aristotle.
(b) Aristarchus.
(c) Claudius Ptolemy.
(d) Archimedes.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what country is Stonehenge located?

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

3. Copernicus was impressed by the logic of whose belief that there was an underlying structure to the entire universe?

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

5. What Arabic secret society published tables of planetary distances that had been calculated by Aristarchus?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Newton demolish Arisotle's dual universe according to the author in Chapter 6: "Newton's Reach"?

2. What achievements did Aristarchus accomplish in the sciences according to the author in Chapter 2: "Raising (and Lowering) the Roof"? What did Archimedes write?

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

4. Who developed the marine chronometer? How is his work described in Chapter 7: "A Plumb Line to the Sun"?

5. What were the practical reasons for ancient civilizations to focus on the cosmos, as described by the author in Chapter 1: "The Dome of Heaven"?

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

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

8. What scholars and astronomers influenced the theories of Copernicus, according to the author in Chapter 4: "The Sun Worshipers"?

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

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

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