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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. Who wrote a paper entitled, "The Sand Reckoner"?
(a) Archimedes.
(b) Pontius Pilate.
(c) Aristarchus.
(d) Claudius Ptolemy.

2. By the time of Archimedes' death, Greek science, along with the rest of the intellectual world, had been transferred from Athens to where?
(a) England.
(b) Alexandria.
(c) Sparta.
(d) Rome.

3. Copernicus studied the great astronomers, and particularly admired whom?
(a) Claudius Ptolemy.
(b) Aristotle.
(c) Aristarchus.
(d) Archimedes.

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

5. Galileo's contributions to observational astronomy include the telescopic confirmation of the phases of what planet?
(a) Mars.
(b) Pluto.
(c) Venus.
(d) Jupiter.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Eudoxus of Cnidus attend the Academy in Athens?

2. Where was Eudoxus of Cnidus born?

3. Copernicus was influenced by what Parisian scholar who theorized that the earth was in motion?

4. Copernicus was impressed by the logic of whose belief that there was an underlying structure to the entire universe?

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

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