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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11 and 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Christopher Columbus persuade to finance his search for a New World?
(a) Prince Henry the Navigator.
(b) Queen Isabella.
(c) Queen Elizabeth.
(d) King Henry IV.

2. The first step in the exploration of intergalactic space was taken by what mathematician?
(a) John Harrison.
(b) Jean Richer.
(c) Aristotle.
(d) Johann Lambert.

3. What is the geometric theory of gravitation published by Albert Einstein in 1916?
(a) Asceticism.
(b) The Tychonic system.
(c) General relativity.
(d) Quantum mechanics.

4. Which astronomer discovered that some nebulae had spiral structures?
(a) William Parsons.
(b) James Keeler.
(c) Tycho Brahe.
(d) John Calvin.

5. William Herschel was the first astronomer to make "acute, systematic observations of the universe" beyond what?
(a) Jupiter.
(b) The solar system.
(c) The moon.
(d) The sun.

Short Answer Questions

1. Driven by debt, Galileo invented what which was well-received in Venice?

2. Where was Galileo Galilei from?

3. Where was William Herschel from?

4. What is a displacement or difference in the apparent position of an object viewed along two different lines of sight, and is measured by the angle or semi-angle of inclination between those two lines?

5. In trigonometry and geometry, what is the process of determining the location of a point by measuring angles to it from known points at either end of a fixed baseline, rather than measuring distances to the point directly?

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