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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. Chapter 5 states that ________ means an inquiry or investigation into nature.
(a) Natural history.
(b) Neurology.
(c) Naturology.
(d) Physiology.

2. ________, "curator of experiments" at the Royal Society, began research on the luminosity of phosphorus in 1705, under instruction from members of the society.
(a) William Gilbert.
(b) Abbe Nollet.
(c) Francis Hauksbee.
(d) John Cuthbertson.

3. According to Chapter 2, for Newton, ________ consisted in "making experiments and observations and in drawing general Conclusion from them by Induction."
(a) Calculus.
(b) Analysis.
(c) Religion.
(d) Reason.

4. 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"?
(a) Lagrange.
(b) Basel.
(c) Hermann.
(d) Euler.

5. What was the name of the problem of finding the shape of a surface of maximum area for a perimeter of given length as found in Chapter 2?
(a) Isoperimeters.
(b) Cycloid.
(c) Involute.
(d) Brachistachrone.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 2, what was the name of the shape of a chain suspended between two fixed points?

2. In Chapter 5, who adopted a theory of generation similar to that of Maupertuis and in his second volume of his "Natural History," he brought forward his theory of organic molecules, interior mold, and penetrating force?

3. ________'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.

4. Symmer's socks suggested the presence of ________ electrical fluids, according to the narrator in Chapter 3.

5. When experimentalists studied electricity, the ________ and the ________ were candidates for study because they both appeared to protect themselves electrically.

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