History of Science - Alchemy

Many Alchemists were trying to turn ​ (a)   into ​ (b)   .

• lead
• gold
• silver
• mercury
• water
• oxygen

The Decknamen system refers to how alchemists

• would right their notes in code so only their friends would understand.

• would keep careful notes of all their experiments.

• would fight amongst each other to be the best.

• would create secret school to teach alchemy.

For the record, metals are not made by crushing sulfur and mercury together. That is just what the alchemists thought! (To get this question right, type the number 1 in the box.)

(a)  

Alchemists who practiced "Chrysopoeia" were searching for what?

• A way to become immortal

• The Philosopher's Stone

• The Fountain of Youth

True or False: Only males could be alchemists.

• True

• False

What thing (that we still use today) did he mention was discovered by Chinese alchemists?

(a)  

What do you think the phrase "The dose makes the poison" means? If you don't know, give me your best guess.

One unexpected product of alchemy was the ___

• movable type printing press

• cure to cancer

• first computer

• the Leaning Tower of Pisa

Select all of the following which describe the fate of alchemy.

• It fell out of fashion (became unpopular)

• It began to be practiced secretly before mostly dying out

• It laid the foundation for chemistry

• It is still widely practiced

Which US President was interested in Alchemy?

• Herbert Hoover

• George Washington

• Martin Van Buren

• James Garfield

• William McKinley