1. Consider the highlighted sentence. What was the new “cosmology” that arose after Darwin’s day?A. The view of the world as an unchanging whole to be investigated by science.
B. The view of the world as a changing reality with its own historical nature.
C. The belief that history was an important but secondary aspect of scientific studies.
D. A partially complete religious outlook on life.
E. A completely a religious outlook on life.
2. Which of the following provides an example of the main idea asserted in the first paragraph?
A. The Pythagorean theorem is based upon the constant relationship of the sides of a right triangle to its hypotenuse.
B. Religion has no impact on the rise of science.
C. The fluctuation of coloration within a species is rather minimal.
D. The interest in science only arises once agriculture reaches a certain point of fixity.
E. Religion constantly wanes with the rise of science.
3. Which of the following gives the best example of the “static worldview” discussed in the second paragraph?A. "Among the things that had to change in light of Darwin’s work was the very view of science held by most people."
B. "Though there might be many different kinds of creatures, the kinds themselves were not believed to change."
C. "The thesis of a universal morphing of types shattered this cosmology, replacing the old world-view with a totally new one."
D. "Even those who did not believe that a divine being created an unchanging world were shaken by the new vistas opened up to science by his studies."
E. "In many ways, this situation changed dramatically with the arrival of Darwinism."
4. According to the passage, what is the source of modern science?
A. Egyptian mathematics
B. Early scientific pursuits
C. Greek astronomy
D. Renaissance scientists
E. Renaissance humanists