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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. After his space flight, Ed Mitchel began devouring books on _____.
(a) Religious experiences.
(b) French cooking.
(c) Rocket science.
(d) Geography.

2. What is a background substructure filled with things called?
(a) A catalyst.
(b) A quantum.
(c) A plenum.
(d) A leisure.

3. What is the term for the point the wave is at on its oscillating journey?
(a) Phase.
(b) Peak.
(c) Trough.
(d) Amplitude.

4. What point on the moon did the astronauts not reach that they had planned to study?
(a) Horrebow.
(b) Apenninus.
(c) Cone Crater.
(d) Mons Huygens.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the lowest possible energy state called?

2. Where was Niels Bohr born?

3. The Lorentz force is the name of the force that slows particles moving _____.

4. In classical physics, the experimenter was considered a _____.

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

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