History of optics - Quiz
A) As a physiological problem B) As a geometrical problem C) As a psychological problem D) As a physical problem
A) Hero of Alexandria B) Aristotle C) Claudius Ptolemy D) Euclid
A) With physical experiments B) With physiological observations C) With a set of self-evident axioms D) With a mathematical proof of refraction
A) In a curved line B) In a spiral shape C) In a straight line D) In a zigzag pattern
A) A sphere B) A cylinder C) A pyramid D) A cone
A) Brighter B) Larger C) Closer D) Smaller
A) Lower B) Deeper C) Brighter D) Higher
A) Blurrier B) Clearer C) Darker D) Larger
A) No B) Yes C) Only for refraction D) Only for reflection
A) Perspective and the rounding of things seen at a distance B) Reflection and refraction C) The color spectrum and lenses D) Mirages and magnification
A) Catoptrics and dioptrics B) Emission theory C) Simple direct vision D) Reflection and refraction
A) Claudius Ptolemy B) Hero of Alexandria C) Euclid D) Plato
A) Perspective B) Dioptrics C) Catoptrics D) Emission theory
A) Slowly and gradually B) At the speed of sound C) Instantly without duration D) At great speed
A) They passed straight through B) They multiplied C) They could become trapped in the porosities D) They were reflected perfectly
A) Axiomatic theory B) Emission theory C) Refraction theory D) Reflection theory
A) That angles are proportional to speeds B) That visual rays bounce like elastic balls C) That light travels in a curved line D) That this is the shortest path from the object to the observer
A) Twice as far as the object is in front B) Directly on the surface of the mirror C) As far as the object really is in front of the mirror D) Half as far as the object is in front
A) Third-century B) Second-century C) Fourth-century D) First-century
A) Moving back and forth between eye and object B) Proceeding from the eye to the object C) Originating from external light sources D) Proceeding from the object to the eye
A) As a continuous cone rather than discrete lines B) As physical particles trapped in pores C) As discrete lines rather than a cone D) As parallel rays
A) Reflection and refraction B) Perspective and rounding C) Only reflection D) Only direct vision
A) Glass, metal, and air B) Water, oil, and glass C) Air, water, and glass D) Air, water, and wood
A) To fit his incorrect assumption that refraction is proportional to incidence B) To account for the speed of visual rays C) To eliminate errors caused by unpolished surfaces D) To match Euclid's earlier axioms
A) Arabic B) Greek C) Latin D) Egyptian
A) Ray of light B) Glass lens C) Appearance, look D) Vision and eye
A) Medieval Islamic world B) Early modern Europe C) Ancient Greece D) Ancient China
A) Medieval Islamic world B) Twentieth century C) Early modern Europe D) Ancient Greco-Roman world
A) Three B) Two C) Four D) Five
A) Mozi B) Aphrodite C) Lucretius D) Euclid
A) Fire lit by Aphrodite B) An inverted image C) Atoms of energy D) Rays of reflected light
A) 4th century BC B) 55 BC C) 5th century AD D) 5th century BCE
A) A beam of heat B) A reflected ray C) An inverted image D) A magnified image
A) A plane mirror B) A cylindrical glass C) An astronomical compendium D) A 'collecting-point' or 'treasure house'
A) 36 B) Five C) A hundred D) Four
A) Dignāga B) Pappus C) Lucretius D) Mozi
A) Almagest B) Syntaxis C) Catoptrica D) Little Astronomy
A) 5th century BCE B) 4th century BC C) 7th century AD D) 55 BC
A) Catoptrica B) Optics C) Almagest D) Little Astronomy
A) Equal B) Longer C) Shorter D) Variable
A) Dharmakirti B) Mozi C) Empedocles D) Dignāga
A) 4th century B) 5th century C) 6th century D) 7th century
A) Al-Kindi B) Avicenna C) Al-Biruni D) Ibn Sahl
A) De aspectibus B) Liber de crepisculis C) Kitab Tanqih al-Manazir D) De radiis stellarum
A) Al-Kindi B) Ibn Sahl C) Kamal al-Din al-Farisi D) Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi
A) The Revision of Optics B) Book of Optics C) On the burning instruments D) De radiis stellarum
A) Rashed B) Alhazen C) Roger Bacon D) Robert Grosseteste
A) Al-Kindi's law B) Ptolemy's law C) Snell's law D) Newton's law
A) 1010s B) 800s C) 1230s D) 980s
A) Avicenna B) Ptolemy C) Al-Biruni D) Al-Kindi
A) Fī al-'āla al-muḥriqa B) Kitab al Manazir C) De radiis stellarum D) Kitab Tanqih al-Manazir
A) Ibn Sahl B) Al-Biruni C) Ibn al-Haytham D) Al-Kindi
A) Avicenna B) Abu 'Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Ma'udh C) Al-Kindi D) Ibn Sahl
A) Al-Andalus B) Western Europe C) Baghdad D) Persia
A) Perspectiva B) De aspectibus C) Liber de crepisculis D) De radiis stellarum
A) Ibn Sahl B) Al-Kindi C) Alhazen D) Al-Biruni
A) 45° B) 90° C) 18° D) 10°
A) Lunar halos B) The rainbow phenomenon C) Solar eclipses D) Mirages
A) Kitab al Manazir B) Kitab Tanqih al-Manazir C) Liber de crepisculis D) Fī al-'āla al-muḥriqa
A) Revelation 21:23 B) Genesis 1:1 C) Genesis 1:3 D) John 1:5
A) Alhacen B) Peter of Limoges C) Robert Grosseteste D) Theodoric of Freiberg
A) Roger Bacon B) John Pecham C) Theodoric of Freiberg D) Witelo
A) English bishop B) English Franciscan C) German monk D) Arabic physician
A) The chemical composition of mirrors B) The origin of the universe C) The measurement of planetary distances D) How we see
A) Peter of Limoges B) Robert Grosseteste C) Theodoric of Freiberg D) Witelo
A) Alhacen B) Avicenna C) Al-Kindi D) Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi
A) Willebrord Snellius B) Johannes Kepler C) René Descartes D) Isaac Newton
A) Traité de la lumière B) Astronomiae Pars Optica C) Opticks D) Opera reliqua
A) Christiaan Huygens B) Johannes Kepler C) Willebrord Snellius D) Isaac Newton
A) Johannes Kepler B) Christiaan Huygens C) Willebrord Snellius D) René Descartes
A) René Descartes B) Christiaan Huygens C) Isaac Newton D) Johannes Kepler
A) A refracting telescope B) A pinhole camera C) A compound microscope D) A reflecting telescope
A) The Roman Inquisition B) The University of Cambridge C) The French Academy of Sciences D) The Royal Society
A) Traité de la lumière B) Astronomiae Pars Optica C) Opticks D) Opera reliqua
A) Photons B) Caloric fluid C) The ether D) Gravitons
A) 1621 B) 1604 C) 1671 D) 1704
A) Isaac Newton B) René Descartes C) Christiaan Huygens D) Johannes Kepler
A) James Gregory B) Thomas Young C) Francesco Maria Grimaldi D) Isaac Newton
A) The Greek word diffugio B) The Latin word diffractus C) The Latin word diffringere D) The French word diffrayer
A) 1815 B) 1665 C) 1803 D) 1638
A) During his youth B) Posthumously C) Simultaneously with his death D) Decades before his birth
A) Isaac Newton B) Christiaan Huygens C) Francesco Maria Grimaldi D) James Gregory
A) A glass prism B) A bird feather C) Two closely spaced slits D) A ripple tank
A) Wave interferometer B) Diffraction grating C) Ripple tank D) Prism spectroscope
A) 1818 B) 1665 C) 1815 D) 1803
A) An electric spark B) Water waves C) Sunlight D) A bird feather
A) James Gregory B) Augustin-Jean Fresnel C) Isaac Newton D) Francesco Maria Grimaldi
A) Interference B) Inflexion C) Diffraction D) Propagation
A) Ibn al-Haytham B) Roger Bacon C) Emperor Nero D) Seneca the Younger
A) Emperor Nero B) Emperor Claudius C) Emperor Augustus D) Emperor Tiberius
A) Giovanni Faber B) Ibn al-Haytham C) Roger Bacon D) Jacob Metius
A) Monks B) Gladiators C) Tutors D) Emperors
A) Concave lenses magnified more effectively than convex lenses B) Thicker glass spheres magnified more effectively C) Shallower lenses magnified more effectively D) Deeper lenses magnified more effectively
A) 1620 B) 1021 C) 1286 D) 1608
A) Italy B) The Netherlands C) England D) Egypt
A) Galileo Galilei B) Hans Lippershey C) Jacob Metius D) Isaac Newton
A) Cornelis Drebbel B) Hans Martens C) Jacob Metius D) Zacharias Janssen
A) 1590 B) 1620 C) 1608 D) 1668
A) Giovanni Faber B) Cornelis Drebbel C) Hans Martens D) Zacharias Janssen
A) Jacob Metius B) Roger Bacon C) Giovanni Faber D) Seneca the Younger |
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