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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By what name did natural philosophers want to be known as, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?
(a) Men of Honor.
(b) Masters.
(c) Men of Letters.
(d) Professors.

2. According to Chapter 1, who made Newton into a supreme rationalist whose laws of motion were a priori deductions of pure thought?
(a) Roberts.
(b) Marquis de l'Hopital.
(c) Maupertuis.
(d) Fontenelle.

3. The reintroduction of atomism into chemistry was accomplished by a meteorologist, ________, who became a chemist only when he saw the implications for chemistry of his ideas about the atmosphere.
(a) Lavoisier.
(b) Black.
(c) Berthollet.
(d) John Dalton.

4. The crucial realization of the Chemical Revolution was that ________ was not a single element but a physical state that many chemical substances could assume, according to Chapter 4.
(a) Earth.
(b) Air.
(c) Fire.
(d) Wind.

5. In the hands of ________, history led not to an understanding of God's will but rather to an understanding of human nature.
(a) Boyle.
(b) D'Alembert.
(c) David Hume.
(d) Kant.

Short Answer Questions

1. All of the following were forms of fire, according to Boerhaave and Musschenbroek, except for which one?

2. In 1688, Fontenelle wrote a treatise on the nature of the eclogue or ________.

3. Who coined the expression "Scientific Revolution," according to the narrator in Chapter 1?

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

5. Who made the first extensive series of investigations of electricity in his book "De Magnete," according to Chapter 3?

(see the answer key)

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