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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Four, the Language of the Cell.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Frequency is usually measured in ______________.
(a) Volts.
(b) Amps.
(c) Inches.
(d) Hertz.

2. What did Ed Mitchell see as an artificial construct as he headed back to Earth on Apollo 14?
(a) Reality.
(b) Time.
(c) Sound.
(d) Space.

3. Nature Magazine dubbed the group of people in the lab of Jacques Benveniste ______________.
(a) The atom splitters.
(b) The science slammers.
(c) The myth busters.
(d) The fraud squad.

4. According to the author, Albert Enstein distrusted _____.
(a) Radioactivity.
(b) Rocket scientists.
(c) Politicians.
(d) Quantum mechanics.

5. What is the lowest possible energy state called?
(a) A black hole.
(b) Absolute zero.
(c) Retrograde.
(d) A vacuum.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the author describe Ed Mitchell's looks?

2. Church's Fried Chicken was the _____ answer to Kentucky Fried Chicken.

3. The Newtonian view of physics says that everything works in a _____ manner.

4. What was Jacques Benveniste's area of specialty?

5. _____ had no meaning in isolation but could only be understood in their relationships.

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