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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Chemistry.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the narrator in Chapter 4, ________ and ________ were closely associated because they were still based to a large extent on the concept of the Aristotelian elements: earth, water, air, and fire.
(a) Chemistry / experimental physics.
(b) Zoology / biology.
(c) Geology / geography.
(d) Biology / geography.

2. Symmer's socks suggested the presence of ________ electrical fluids, according to the narrator in Chapter 3.
(a) 4.
(b) 6.
(c) 2.
(d) 8.

3. Who was the first person to identify a new air different from common atmospheric air,, in Chapter 4?
(a) Lavoisier.
(b) Cullen.
(c) Newton.
(d) Black.

4. ________, working with the knowledge of latent heat, realized that a big difference in heat could be obtained with a small difference in temperature, if one compared water and ice.
(a) Newton.
(b) Black.
(c) Roebuck.
(d) Fordyce.

5. Who became the ablest and most productive mathematician of the eighteenth century, according to the narrator in Chapter 2?
(a) Bernoulli.
(b) Euler.
(c) Lagrange.
(d) Newton.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator in Chapter 1, what was the key to a correct method whose model was mathematics?

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

3. Newton had not made it clear whether the forces acting between the planets and between the parts of matter acted at a distance or through some intervening medium called a(n) ________.

4. According to the narrator in Chapter 4, who was the most successful searcher for "airs"?

5. The narrator reveals that vis viva was a measure of ________ to conserve his creation while "action" was a measure of his efficiency.

(see the answer key)

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