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8. It can be inferred from the passage that “the clamor of seventeenth-century scientific rhetoric” (Highlighted) refers to
Difficulty Level: 700
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As we’ve already seen, the rhetoric of seventeenth-century English science concerned the idea of doing hands-on research. What was the rhetoric? That scientists should conduct, observe, and analyze their own experiments.
(A) The myth about how discoveries were thought to occur is a general trend discussed by the author, not a subject of seventeenth-century rhetoric.
(B) Au contraire. Seventeenth-century scientific rhetoric emphasized the importance of doing manual labor in the cause of science.
(C) Seventeenth-century scientists failed to acknowledge the contributions of their technicians. The scientific rhetoric of the time never addressed that issue.
(E) Though scientists like Boyle did believe in the search for divine truth in nature, the “rhetoric” discussed in the passage concerned only the importance of manual labor in research.
Answer: D
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As we’ve already seen, the rhetoric of seventeenth-century English science concerned the idea of doing hands-on research. What was the rhetoric? That scientists should conduct, observe, and analyze their own experiments.
(A) The myth about how discoveries were thought to occur is a general trend discussed by the author, not a subject of seventeenth-century rhetoric.
(B) Au contraire. Seventeenth-century scientific rhetoric emphasized the importance of doing manual labor in the cause of science.
(C) Seventeenth-century scientists failed to acknowledge the contributions of their technicians. The scientific rhetoric of the time never addressed that issue.
(E) Though scientists like Boyle did believe in the search for divine truth in nature, the “rhetoric” discussed in the passage concerned only the importance of manual labor in research.
Answer: D
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(A) Seventeenth-century scientific experimentation would have been impossible without the work of paid laboratory technicians.Impossible is extreme
(B) Seventeenth-century social conventions prohibited upper-class laboratory workers from taking public credit for their work.upper class workers?
(C) Seventeenth-century views of scientific discovery combined with social class distinctions to ensure that laboratory technicians’ scientific work was never publicly acknowledged.correct
(D) Seventeenth-century scientists were far more dependent on their laboratory technicians than are scientists today, yet far less willing to acknowledge technicians’ scientific contributions.no such comparison mentioned
(E) Seventeenth-century scientists liberated themselves from the stigma attached to manual labor by relying heavily on the work of laboratory technicians.not mentioned
2.(A) Unlike many seventeenth-century scientists, Boyle recognized that most scientific discoveries resulted from the cooperative efforts of many individuals.he did not
(B) Unlike many seventeenth-century scientists, Boyle maintained a deeply rooted and pervasive contempt for manual labor.not mentioned , its said that he used when he was old
(C) Unlike many seventeenth-century scientists, Boyle was a member of the Royal Society of London.not the reason
(D) Boyle generously acknowledged the contribution of the technicians who worked in his laboratory.no
(E) Boyle himself performed the actual labor of obtaining and recording experimental results.correct
3.
(A) their interests were adequately represented by their employersopposite
(B) their education was inadequate to make informed political decisionsout od context
(C) the independence of their political judgment would be compromised by their economic dependence on their employerscorrect
(D) their participation in the elections would be a polarizing influence on the political processout of context
(E) the manual labor that they performed did not constitute a contribution to the society that was sufficient to justify their participation in electionsnot mentioned
4.
A) belief that the primary purpose of scientific discovery was to reveal the divine truth that could be found in natureno
(B) view that scientific knowledge results largely from the insights of a few brilliant individuals rather than from the cooperative efforts of many workersno
(C) seventeenth-century belief that servants should be denied the right to vote because they were dependent on wages paid to them by their employersout od context
(D) traditional disdain for manual labor that was maintained by most members of the English upper class during the seventeenth-centurymentioned in the passage
(E) idea that the search for scientific truth was a sign of pietyincorrect
5.
A) Individual insights rather than cooperative endeavors produce most scientific discoveries.mentioned in the last pragraph
(B) How science is practiced is significantly influenced by the political beliefs and assumption of scientists.
(C) Scientific research undertaken for pay cannot be considered objective.
(D) Scientific discovery can reveal divine truth in nature.
(E) Scientific discovery often relies on the unacknowledged contributions of laboratory technicians.
6.
(A) Several alternative answers are presented to a question posed in the previous paragraph, and the last is adopted as the most plausible.no questioned in theprevious paragraph
(B) A question regarding the cause of the phenomenon described in the previous paragraph is posed, two possible explanations are rejected, and evidence is provided in support of a third.no rejections
(C) A question regarding the phenomenon described in the previous paragraph is posed, and several incompatible views are presented.not incompatible
(D) A question regarding the cause of the phenomenon described in the previous paragraph is posed, and several contributing factors are then discussed.correct
(E) Several answers to a question are evaluated in light of recent discoveries cited earlier in the passage.no recent discoveries
7.
(A) place the failure of seventeenth-century scientists to acknowledge the contributions of their technicians in the large context of relations between workers and their employers in seventeenth-century Englandcorrect
(B) provide evidence in support of the author’s more general thesis regarding the relationship of scientific discovery to the economic conditions of societies in which it takes place
(C) provide evidence in support of the author’s explanation of why scientists in seventeenth-century England were reluctant to rely on their technicians for the performance of anything but the most menial tasks
(D) illustrate political and economic changes in the society of seventeenth-century England that had a profound impact on how scientific research was conduced
(E) undermine the view that scientific discovery results from individual enterprise rather than from the collective endeavor of many workers
8.
(A) the claim that scientific discovery results largely from the insights of brilliant individuals working alone
(B) ridicule of scientists who were members of the English upper class and who were thought to demean themselves by engaging in the manual labor required by their experiments
(C) criticism of scientists who publicly acknowledged the contributions of their technicians
(D) assertions by members of the Royal Society of London that scientists themselves should be responsible for obtaining and recording experimental resultscorrect
(E) the claim by Boyle and his colleagues that the primary reason for scientific research is to discover evidence of divine truth in the natural world
(A) Seventeenth-century scientific experimentation would have been impossible without the work of paid laboratory technicians.Impossible is extreme
(B) Seventeenth-century social conventions prohibited upper-class laboratory workers from taking public credit for their work.upper class workers?
(C) Seventeenth-century views of scientific discovery combined with social class distinctions to ensure that laboratory technicians’ scientific work was never publicly acknowledged.correct
(D) Seventeenth-century scientists were far more dependent on their laboratory technicians than are scientists today, yet far less willing to acknowledge technicians’ scientific contributions.no such comparison mentioned
(E) Seventeenth-century scientists liberated themselves from the stigma attached to manual labor by relying heavily on the work of laboratory technicians.not mentioned
2.(A) Unlike many seventeenth-century scientists, Boyle recognized that most scientific discoveries resulted from the cooperative efforts of many individuals.he did not
(B) Unlike many seventeenth-century scientists, Boyle maintained a deeply rooted and pervasive contempt for manual labor.not mentioned , its said that he used when he was old
(C) Unlike many seventeenth-century scientists, Boyle was a member of the Royal Society of London.not the reason
(D) Boyle generously acknowledged the contribution of the technicians who worked in his laboratory.no
(E) Boyle himself performed the actual labor of obtaining and recording experimental results.correct
3.
(A) their interests were adequately represented by their employersopposite
(B) their education was inadequate to make informed political decisionsout od context
(C) the independence of their political judgment would be compromised by their economic dependence on their employerscorrect
(D) their participation in the elections would be a polarizing influence on the political processout of context
(E) the manual labor that they performed did not constitute a contribution to the society that was sufficient to justify their participation in electionsnot mentioned
4.
A) belief that the primary purpose of scientific discovery was to reveal the divine truth that could be found in natureno
(B) view that scientific knowledge results largely from the insights of a few brilliant individuals rather than from the cooperative efforts of many workersno
(C) seventeenth-century belief that servants should be denied the right to vote because they were dependent on wages paid to them by their employersout od context
(D) traditional disdain for manual labor that was maintained by most members of the English upper class during the seventeenth-centurymentioned in the passage
(E) idea that the search for scientific truth was a sign of pietyincorrect
5.
A) Individual insights rather than cooperative endeavors produce most scientific discoveries.mentioned in the last pragraph
(B) How science is practiced is significantly influenced by the political beliefs and assumption of scientists.
(C) Scientific research undertaken for pay cannot be considered objective.
(D) Scientific discovery can reveal divine truth in nature.
(E) Scientific discovery often relies on the unacknowledged contributions of laboratory technicians.
6.
(A) Several alternative answers are presented to a question posed in the previous paragraph, and the last is adopted as the most plausible.no questioned in theprevious paragraph
(B) A question regarding the cause of the phenomenon described in the previous paragraph is posed, two possible explanations are rejected, and evidence is provided in support of a third.no rejections
(C) A question regarding the phenomenon described in the previous paragraph is posed, and several incompatible views are presented.not incompatible
(D) A question regarding the cause of the phenomenon described in the previous paragraph is posed, and several contributing factors are then discussed.correct
(E) Several answers to a question are evaluated in light of recent discoveries cited earlier in the passage.no recent discoveries
7.
(A) place the failure of seventeenth-century scientists to acknowledge the contributions of their technicians in the large context of relations between workers and their employers in seventeenth-century Englandcorrect
(B) provide evidence in support of the author’s more general thesis regarding the relationship of scientific discovery to the economic conditions of societies in which it takes place
(C) provide evidence in support of the author’s explanation of why scientists in seventeenth-century England were reluctant to rely on their technicians for the performance of anything but the most menial tasks
(D) illustrate political and economic changes in the society of seventeenth-century England that had a profound impact on how scientific research was conduced
(E) undermine the view that scientific discovery results from individual enterprise rather than from the collective endeavor of many workers
8.
(A) the claim that scientific discovery results largely from the insights of brilliant individuals working alone
(B) ridicule of scientists who were members of the English upper class and who were thought to demean themselves by engaging in the manual labor required by their experiments
(C) criticism of scientists who publicly acknowledged the contributions of their technicians
(D) assertions by members of the Royal Society of London that scientists themselves should be responsible for obtaining and recording experimental resultscorrect
(E) the claim by Boyle and his colleagues that the primary reason for scientific research is to discover evidence of divine truth in the natural world
