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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5: The World in Retrograde.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Great Pyramid of Giza was aligned to what, according to the author in Chapter 1: "The Dome of Heaven"?
(a) The moon.
(b) Uranus.
(c) Venus.
(d) A star.

2. What refers to the region of city-states in ancient Mesopotamia?
(a) Indochina.
(b) Lemuria.
(c) Egypt.
(d) Sumeria.

3. Most of Copernicus's work was unpublished until his death because he feared what?
(a) Retribution from his family.
(b) Retribution from his wife.
(c) Retribution from the scientific community.
(d) Retribution from the Church.

4. The decline of Rome occurred over a period of four centuries, culminating in what year, when Romulus Augustus, the last Emperor of the Western Roman Empire, was deposed by Odoacer?
(a) 123 A.D.
(b) 12 B.C.
(c) 476 A.D.
(d) 90 A.D.

5. Aristotle created a model of the universe based on whose work?
(a) Jean Richer's.
(b) Andromache's.
(c) Eudoxus'.
(d) Claudius Ptolemy's.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author in Chapter 1: "The Dome of Heaven," Plato felt that "abstract geometrical forms were" what?

2. Who cited the scriptures where Joshua "commanded the sun to stand still, and not the earth" in Chapter 4: "The Sun Worshipers"?

3. Who was the first to explore the coast of Africa and discover its rich natural resources in Chapter 3: "The Discovery of the Earth"?

4. When was the conquest of Alexander the Great?

5. What is the discipline that deals with the nature of the Universe as a whole?

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