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1
Collecting data is empiricism.
A)True
B)False
2
Framing hypotheses from observable facts rather than the ramifications of accepted truths is called deductive reasoning.
A)True
B)False
3
Neoplatonism had a mystical streak that led its devotees to seek harmony through numbers.
A)True
B)False
4
Several astronomers in the baroque era were also astrologers and supported themselves by casting horoscopes.
A)True
B)False
5
Isaac Newton is credited with having said that "knowledge is power."
A)True
B)False
6
René Descartes wrote lucid prose about science and its methodology because he believed that science would give mastery over the natural world; his writings were popular with a curious and educated public.
A)True
B)False
7
René Descartes is famous for saying this frequently quoted phrase: "I think, therefore I am."
A)True
B)False
8
Pascal, Descartes, and Bacon were all scientific/philosophical thinkers.
A)True
B)False
9
Accusations of witchcraft and torture to prove that the accused was in league with the devil continued in Europe during the Scientific Revolution.
A)True
B)False
10
The English, who took over India, were there to make a profit.
A)True
B)False
11
European colonial development in the Far East was organized around joint-stock companies that opened trade routes and secured markets in the Far East.
A)True
B)False
12
Andreas Vesalius, William Harvey, and Marcello Malpighi were all researchers who discovered the nature of circulation of the blood.
A)True
B)False
13
All of Aristotle's ideas were still accepted in Europe, even after the scientific discoveries of the baroque era.
A)True
B)False
14
Blaise Pascal said: "The heart has reasons that reason does not know."
A)True
B)False
15
In spite of all the amazing scientific breakthroughs discussed in this chapter, the majority of the populace in Europe remained unaware of these discoveries.
A)True
B)False





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