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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. Who made the first extensive series of investigations of electricity in his book "De Magnete," according to Chapter 3?
(a) John Cuthbertson.
(b) Abbe Nollet.
(c) Robert Symmer.
(d) William Gilbert.
2. All of the following philosophers at the University of Leiden followed Newton's lead in organizing experiments except for whom?
(a) Boerhaave.
(b) 'sGravesande.
(c) Musschenbroek.
(d) Locke.
3. In a letter of September 21, 1781, who wrote to his mentor Jean d'Alembert that he feared mathematics had reached its limit?
(a) Diderot.
(b) Sylvestre-Francois Lacroix.
(c) Bernard Fontenelle.
(d) Joseph-Louis Lagrange.
4. According to the narrator in Chapter 3, who became a famous doctor and chemist and initiated the Dutch program in his oration of 1715 entitled "De comparando certo in physicis"?
(a) Newton.
(b) Boerhaave.
(c) Musschenbroek.
(d) Mariotte.
5. According to Chapter 2, for Newton, ________ consisted in "making experiments and observations and in drawing general Conclusion from them by Induction."
(a) Calculus.
(b) Religion.
(c) Analysis.
(d) Reason.
Short Answer Questions
1. In Chapter 3, who proposed a single static electrical "atmosphere" that attracted and repelled by pressure rather than by the impact of an electrical wind?
2. From ________'s law of falling bodies, it was known that the heights would be proportional to the squares of the velocities at impact.
3. The "Philosophical Letters" was a product of Voltaire's visit to ________ according to Chapter 2.
4. The narrator reveals that vis viva was a measure of ________ to conserve his creation while "action" was a measure of his efficiency.
5. Of all the subtle fluids conceived of during the Enlightenment, the ________ was the one that caused the most excitement and attracted the most researchers.
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