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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8: Deep Space.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What book did Copernicus have published near the time of his death?
(a) "Sidereus Nuncius."
(b) "On the Origin of Species."
(c) "The Almagest."
(d) "De Revolutionibus."

2. Who backed the losing side of a power struggle and was jailed and executed in 524 A.D.?
(a) Ancius Boethius.
(b) Archimedes.
(c) Prince Henry the Navigator.
(d) Marco Polo.

3. William Herschel became most famous for the discovery of which planet?
(a) Mars.
(b) Uranus.
(c) Venus.
(d) Pluto.

4. Who cited the scriptures where Joshua "commanded the sun to stand still, and not the earth" in Chapter 4: "The Sun Worshipers"?
(a) Martin Luther.
(b) Marco Polo.
(c) Pontius Pilate.
(d) John Calvin.

5. What are fuzzy patches of glowing material that can be observed throughout the universe?
(a) Particles.
(b) Nebulae.
(c) Bosons.
(d) Leptons.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was William Herschel born?

2. William Herschel was the first astronomer to make "acute, systematic observations of the universe" beyond what?

3. The Middle Ages encompassed the period from the 5th century to when?

4. What was the original name of Nicolaus Copernicus?

5. Copernicus studied the great astronomers, and particularly admired whom?

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