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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 did Protestant clergyman John Wilkins speak of man's settling on the moon?
(a) 1895.
(b) 1638.
(c) 1598.
(d) 1795.
2. What is the first premise of "On the Origin of Species"?
(a) Survival is based on the process of natural selection.
(b) Living creatures create more off-spring than nature can support.
(c) There are variations within species.
(d) Survival is based on nature versus nurture.
3. What is a branch of physics that studies the existence and interactions of particles that are the constituents of what is usually referred to as matter or radiation?
(a) Triangulation.
(b) Particle physics.
(c) Cartography.
(d) Heliocentricism.
4. William Herschel was the first astronomer to make "acute, systematic observations of the universe" beyond what?
(a) Jupiter.
(b) The sun.
(c) The moon.
(d) The solar system.
5. When was Albert Einstein born?
(a) 1919.
(b) 1818.
(c) 1798.
(d) 1879.
Short Answer Questions
1. What was the name of Charles Darwin's grandfather who had written the book, "Zoonomia"?
2. The question that has plagued everyone from ordinary man to astrophysicist is what, according to the author in Chapter 19?
3. Who wrote, "The greatest of all the accomplishments of twentieth-century science has been the discovery of human ignorance"?
4. According to the author, the vacuum genesis argues that something came from nothing and the quantum genesis advocates the application of the random nature of ______ to the early universe.
5. What is defined as a sacred narrative explaining how the world and humankind came to be in their present form?
Short Essay Questions
1. How are nebulae defined in Chapter 8: "Deep Space"? What are the different classes of nebulae?
2. What obstacles did early quantum physicists have, as described by the author in Chapter 15: "The Quantum and its Discontents"?
3. What did Johann Lambert write of his discoveries, according to the author in Chapter 8: "Deep Space"?
4. Why did Darwin delay the publication of "The Origin of the Species" according to the author in Chapter 14: "The Evolution of Atoms and Stars"?
5. What evidences does the author suggest implies extraterrestrial life in Chapter 19: "Mind and Matter"?
6. How does the author describe theoretical physicists in Chapter 16: "Rumors of Perfection"?
7. What schools of thought does the author describe regarding elliptical nebulae in Chapter 9: "Island Universes"?
8. How have advancements in the sciences improved mankind, according to the author in Chapter 19: "Mind and Matter"?
9. Who developed a unified electroweak theory, according to the author in Chapter 16: "Rumors of Perfection"? Where was it tested?
10. What discoveries did Charles Darwin make on his five-year expedition described in Chapter 13: "The Age of the Earth"?
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