Author Question: The Berlin Academy of Science denied Maria Winkelmann's application to continue her husband's study ... (Read 31 times)

sjones · **on:** Sep 21, 2019

Question 1

Which of the following groups was NOT a common target of the witch hunts?

A. widows
B. midwives
C. women healers and herbalists
D. noble women
E. single women aged over forty

Question 2

According to Francis Bacon, the Bible and nature ________.

A. should be explained by scientists
B. must be compatible because they shared the same author
C. are directly opposed on countless points and must be reconciled
D. are inadequately explained by the Roman Catholic Church
E. are compatible and the church is able to reconcile any differences

Question 3

The book on astronomy by Maria Cunitz was ________.

A. initially rejected by the scientific world
B. recognized as her own work only after her husband added a preface
C. considered an important accomplishment for a woman of her day
D. widely read and distributed in universities
E. the object of ridicule among scientific circles

Question 4

The Berlin Academy of Science denied Maria Winkelmann's application to continue her husband's study because ________.

A. she was a woman
B. her husband had died
C. her work was considered inferior to the work of other scientists
D. she had angered the upper level hierarchy of the Academy
E. she was unable to reproduce her husband's results