Reading Quiz December 5, 2001 Name________KEY__________________

Human Odyssey

Correct answer indicated with * and placed in bold.

1. The article tells us that in Harvey's time the function of the lungs was to:

*a. Cool the blood,

b. Purge the body of evil vapors,

c. Allow grace to have access to the soul,

d. Be a repository of abstract (& spiritual) thought.

2. Harvey was interested in what physiological phenomenon?

a. The lungs and the breath,

*b. The circulation of the blood,

c. The digestive system,

d. The nervous system.

3. In the selection by Harvey he describes a dissection that allowed him to see the heart of which of the following animals,

a. A cat,

b. A frog,

*c. A snake,

d. A cow.

4. Harvey discovered:

a. That breathing was necessary in order to get oxygen to the brain,

*b. That the heart acted like a pump and circulated the blood in a closed system,

c. That nerve cells have a "static - electro" component,

d. That frog legs will jump when an electrical charge is applied to them.

5. Hooke said that he did not want to repeat an experiment because it was cruel. What animal was the subject?

a. pig,

b. chimpanzee,

c. cat,

*d. dog.

6. Jardine in "Ingenious Pursuits" describes a transfusion between a man and what animal?

a. pig,

b. dog,

*c. sheep,

d. chimpanzee.

7. In the selection by Jonathan Swift describes Gulliver,

a. in Lilliput a land inhabited by very small people,

b. in the land of the Brodingnagdians a land of giants,

c. in the land of yahoos, a disgusting ape-like creature,

*d. in Lagado at an academy of supposed scientists.

8. In the selection by Swift, he is satirizing,

a. people going to war for absurd reasons (eg. which end of the egg to break),

b. table manners (as he watches the giants eating a roasted animal),

c. humans in their resemblance to "dirty" anthropoids,

*d. scientists as might appear in the "Royal Academy."

Extra Credit:

Jardine dedicated her book to her father, who was he? - Jacob Bronowski