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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What refers to the change in frequency of a wave for an observer moving relative to the source of the wave?
(a) Halley effect.
(b) Richer effect.
(c) Doppler effect.
(d) Geiser effect.

2. Charles Darwin went on a five-year world-wide expedition on what brig?
(a) The HMS Explorer.
(b) The HMS Endeavor.
(c) The Beagle.
(d) The USS Explorer.

3. What is the second premise of "On the Origin of Species"?
(a) Survival is based on nature versus nurture.
(b) Living creatures create more off-spring than nature can support.
(c) Survival is based on the process of natural selection.
(d) There are variations within species.

4. William Herschel first became interested in nebulae when he read books by stargazers James Ferguson and whom?
(a) Rene Descartes.
(b) Tycho Brahe.
(c) Robert Smith.
(d) Captain James Cook.

5. What is the religious belief that humanity, life, the Earth, and the universe are the creation of a supernatural being, most often referring to the Abrahamic God?
(a) Asceticism.
(b) Triangulation.
(c) Creationism.
(d) Heliocentricism.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was William Herschel from?

2. Where was Albert Einstein born?

3. Who published a paper in 1917 which provided evidence that the universe was expanding?

4. When was "Evolution of the Universe" written?

5. What theorized that the spiral and elliptical nebulae were clouds of gas that were forming new stars?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the author state mankind has come to with the universe in Chapter 20: "The Persistence of Mystery"? Why?

2. How does the author compare telescopes and accelerators in Chapter 17: "The Axis of History"?

3. Why did Darwin delay the publication of "The Origin of the Species" according to the author in Chapter 14: "The Evolution of Atoms and Stars"?

4. What influences led William Herschel in his studies of nebulae, according to the author in Chapter 8: "Deep Space"?

5. Who developed a unified electroweak theory, according to the author in Chapter 16: "Rumors of Perfection"? Where was it tested?

6. Who was the first physicist to conceptualize the vacuum genesis? How was his work perceived according to the author in Chapter 18: "The Origin of the Universe"?

7. What schools of thought does the author describe regarding elliptical nebulae in Chapter 9: "Island Universes"?

8. What does the author assert man has always speculated about in Chapter 18: "The Origin of the Universe"?

9. Who associated the red-shift of the galaxies with Einstein's relativity, according to the author in Chapter 12: "Sermons in Stones"?

10. How are nebulae defined in Chapter 8: "Deep Space"? What are the different classes of nebulae?

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