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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. What was the name of the leader of the natural history revival in England and the best naturalist of his age, according to the narrator in Chapter 5?
(a) Ray.
(b) Darwin.
(c) Newton.
(d) Foucault.
2. Acknowledging the existence of the gaseous states was a prerequisite for explaining combustion, the central problem of the ________, according to the narrator in chapter 4.
(a) French Revolution.
(b) Scientific Revolution.
(c) Chemical Revolution.
(d) Industrial Revolution.
3. Natural theology in England continued well into the nineteenth century, where it finally encountered its nemesis in ________, according to the narrator in Chapter 5.
(a) Foucault.
(b) Freud.
(c) Darwin.
(d) Cambridge.
4. In the hands of ________, history led not to an understanding of God's will but rather to an understanding of human nature.
(a) Kant.
(b) David Hume.
(c) Boyle.
(d) D'Alembert.
5. 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) Mariotte.
(c) Musschenbroek.
(d) Boerhaave.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who came out in support of vis viva in 1722 and concluded that "what was before only a dispute of words now becomes a dispute about real things"?
2. According to the narrator in Chapter 1, who was one of the originators of the mechanical philosophy who believed there were no forces or powers in matter?
3. In Chapter 2, what was the name of the shape of a chain suspended between two fixed points?
4. Before 1740, the standard authorities in physiology were all of the following individuals except for whom?
5. Who confirmed Reaumur's experiments, did others on the digestive action of saliva, and performed the experiments on himself?
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