Alchemy Quiz: questions and answers
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Alchemy was an ancient field of natural philosophy that was dominant before the development of modern science.
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1. What is the purpose of alchemy?
Purify, mature, and perfect certain objects
2. What's the meaning of alchemy?
To fuse or cast a metal
3. Which book belongs to the classics of alchemy?
Tomás de Aquino, "Aurora Consurgens"
4. What is Chinese alchemy intertwined with?
Taoism
5. What important invention has to do with Chinese alchemy?
Gunpowder
6. What's the Philosopher's stone?
A substance
7. Which famous scientist was also an alchemist?
Isaac Newton
8. What's the Aqua vitae?
A liquid obtained by the philosopher's stone
9. What was alchemy called in the Middle Ages?
Ars chimica
10. What was the goal of alchemy?
The search for the philosopher's stone