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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Two, The Sea of Light.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Newtonian view of physics says that everything works in a _____ manner.
(a) Connected.
(b) Magnetic.
(c) Chaotic.
(d) Predicatable.

2. The Eastern religions term the blind epiphany of meaning as _____, which is how Ed Mitchell felt coming back from the moon.
(a) An ecstasy of unity.
(b) Atral projection.
(c) Karma.
(d) A complete separation.

3. _____ had no meaning in isolation but could only be understood in their relationships.
(a) Electromagnetism.
(b) Subatomic particles.
(c) Nonlocality.
(d) Molecules.

4. The Lorentz force is the name of the force that slows particles moving _____.
(a) Out of gravity.
(b) At the speed of light.
(c) Through a magnetic field.
(d) Into a black hole.

5. From where did Ed Mitchell get his doctorate?
(a) MIT.
(b) California Polytechnical
(c) Berkley.
(d) Princeton.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the term for the point the wave is at on its oscillating journey?

3. Where was physicist Albert Michelson born?

4. Where was "Chuck Yeager's flying circus" located?

5. What was the name of the gold insect-like lunar module that accompanied the Apollo 14 mission?

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