A) an inanimate but unexplained force.
B) an effect produced by the curvature of the time-space continuum.
C) the will of God in the universe.
D) a quality acquired by matter under some circumstances.
E) the pull exerted by the need of objects to return to their proper place.
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A) advancing the Aristotelian viewpoint.
B) concern for balancing the body humors.
C) pursuing bloodletting as a method of healing.
D) using sweating as a remedy.
E) all of the above
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A) the pope.
B) the Holy Roman Emperor.
C) the Medici.
D) the king of Denmark.
E) the king of France.
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A) The new science grew gradually from the challenge posed by Copernicus.
B) Copernicus largely completed the Scientific Revolution himself.
C) Copernicus' s ideas were ignored for about a century, after which the Scientific Revolution took off.
D) The Scientific Revolution became a battle between those who had a new, perfectly accurate, view of the universe and those who refused to entertain change.
E) The Scientific Revolution spread slowly and only in Protestant countries.
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A) was based solely on Judeo-Christian thought.
B) combined Greek philosophy and Christian thought.
C) was based solely on Greek thought.
D) subordinated faith to observation.
E) was hierarchical and mechanistic.
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A) Andreas Vesalius
B) William Harvey
C) Herman Boerhaave
D) Robert Boyle
E) Paracelsus
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A) Alchemy played no role in the development of the new science.
B) The new science arose in opposition to alchemy.
C) Alchemy was accepted by many scientists and probably gave them the confidence they needed.
D) Alchemy became an integral part of modern science.
E) none of the above
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A) England.
B) France.
C) the Dutch Republic.
D) North America.
E) There never was such a society.
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A) a handbook of Greek astronomy produced by Ptolemy.
B) Aristotle's summary of his cosmology.
C) Johannes Kepler's discourse on alchemy.
D) Ficino's exposition of Neo-Platonism.
E) the Arabic translation of Aristotle's Metaphysics .
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A) yeoman farmer.
B) high-ranking noble.
C) wealthy London merchant.
D) village day-laborer.
E) minister in the Anglican Church.
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A) scholastic theology.
B) the theory of forms.
C) navigation.
D) military strategy.
E) the theory of atoms.
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