Which of the following statements concerning the work of Newton is NOT true?
a. Newton published his discoveries immediately after their formulation.
b. Newton published under the sponsorship of the Royal Society.
c. Newton was persuaded to publish by Edmund Halley.
d. Newton's findings transformed the sciences of physics and optics.
e. The Principia Mathematica made the greater impact on Newton's contemporaries than his Opticks.
a
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A) less biased B) less accurate C) more one-sided D) more dramatic
The Holy Roman Empire exemplified which of the following?
A. an attempt by Christian authorities to place Europe under the rule of a single monarch B. an attempt by Rome's bishops to reestablish Rome as the main capitol of Christian Europe C. an attempt by Byzantine authorities to seize control of Christian Europe D. an attempt to revive Roman culture and paganism throughout Christian Europe
The British author that criticized American policy in Vietnam in the book The Quiet American was
a. Graham Greene. b. Nathalie Sarraute. c. Albert Camus. d. Samuel Beckett. e. Francis Bacon.
Prior to 1860, free blacks in the South
A. increased in number in the 1850s, as laws encouraged owners to free "surplus" slaves. B. were required by law to leave the South. C. were concentrated in the Deep South. D. avoided urban centers such as New Orleans or Natchez, where they might attract attention. E. occasionally attained wealth and prominence and owned slaves themselves.