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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Natural History and Physiology.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Van Helmont had proposed an ________ in the stomach that he believed to be the innermost essence of life and that acted by fermentation.
(a) Axolotl.
(b) Archaeus.
(c) Myxini.
(d) Nasalis.

2. Joseph Pitton de Tournefort, Antoine de Jussieu, and Carl Linnaeus were considered ________, according to the narrator in Chapter 5.
(a) Podiatrists.
(b) Naturalists.
(c) Zoologists.
(d) Cardiologists.

3. In Chapter 5, ________ and ________ found freshwater worms regenerated in the same fashion, and since worms were definitely animals, previous doubts about the animality of the polyp lost their force.
(a) Leeuwenhoek / Hartsoeker.
(b) La Mettrie / Diderot.
(c) Reaumur / Bonnet.
(d) Trembley / Hertwig.

4. In Chapter 5, the most scandalous physiology of all was "Man the Machine" of ________.
(a) Boerhaave.
(b) Vincennes.
(c) La Mettrie.
(d) Shaftesbury.

5. In Chapter 3, what was the name of the experimental tradition began in Western Europe during the Renaissance?
(a) Natural magic.
(b) Physics.
(c) Black magic.
(d) Practical magic.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who stated in the introduction to their book that, "There are no figures in this book. The methods that I demonstrate here require neither constructions, nor geometrical or mechanical reasoning, but only algebraic operations, subject to a regular and uniform development"?

2. ________'s emphasis on the repulsive or expansive property of air, led naturally to an emphasis on the expansive properties of the even more subtle fluids of heat and electricity.

3. Who, as both a chemist and a physician, was the first to criticize mechanistic explanations while his books on chemistry and physiology influenced Europe?

4. Who believed that the universe would run down if it were not for God's intervention to renew his creation?

5. Electricians in the following countries concluded from their experiments that electrified seeds germinated faster, that electrified plants sent out shoots earlier, and that electrified animals were slightly lighter than non-electrified ones, except for which country?

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