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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. According to the author in Chapter 19, what has obliterated the barrier between man and animal by proving that we all originate from the same source?
(a) Black holes.
(b) Quantum physics.
(c) Darwinian evolution.
(d) Astrophysics.

2. When was "Evolution of the Universe" written?
(a) 1985.
(b) 1979.
(c) 1972.
(d) 1999.

3. What does SETI stand for?
(a) Stationary energy transmission intelligence.
(b) Satellite for elliptical integers.
(c) Search for extraterrestrial intelligence.
(d) Static energy for transintelligence.

4. What is defined as a sacred narrative explaining how the world and humankind came to be in their present form?
(a) Myth.
(b) Heliocentricism.
(c) Asceticism.
(d) Alchemy.

5. Who published a paper in 1917 which provided evidence that the universe was expanding?
(a) Claudius Ptolemy.
(b) Vesto Slipher.
(c) Emanuel Kant.
(d) Jean Richer.

Short Answer Questions

1. One element of quantum physics was that one could either determine where a particle was or its what?

2. Who concluded that the process of the earth's creation was part of an infinite repeating cycle of development and destruction?

3. Who wrote, "The greatest of all the accomplishments of twentieth-century science has been the discovery of human ignorance"?

4. Where was Charles Darwin from?

5. In Chapter 9, the author discusses how there were two schools of thought about elliptical nebulae. One was the theory of what by Kant and Lambert?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was theorized in a paper written by Vesto Slipher in the early 20th century, according to the author in Chapter 11: "The Expansion of the Universe"?

2. What three basic areas of study relative to the expansion of the universe does the author describe in Chapter 12: "Sermons in Stones"?

3. What were the main premises of "The Origin of the Species," according to the author in Chapter 13: "The Age of the Earth"?

4. How are nebulae defined in Chapter 8: "Deep Space"? What are the different classes of nebulae?

5. Who associated the red-shift of the galaxies with Einstein's relativity, according to the author in Chapter 12: "Sermons in Stones"?

6. Who was the first physicist to conceptualize the vacuum genesis? How was his work perceived according to the author in Chapter 18: "The Origin of the Universe"?

7. What does the author state mankind has come to with the universe in Chapter 20: "The Persistence of Mystery"? Why?

8. What led to the emergence of quantum physics according to the author in Chapter 15: "The Quantum and its Discontents"?

9. How have advancements in the sciences improved mankind, according to the author in Chapter 19: "Mind and Matter"?

10. How does the author compare telescopes and accelerators in Chapter 17: "The Axis of History"?

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