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NSCI 110 Week 3 Aristotelian Cosmology Quiz QUESTION 1 In general, how did Jewish and Christian interpreters interact with Aristotelian cosmology? (select all that apply) The ignored it and dismissed it because it was pagan in origin The Aristotelian concepts were appealed to on occasion to support the true meaning of Scripture They had to reckon with it since it made much more sense than the ancient cosmology None of the above QUESTION 2 Despite a growing body of evidence, most Christian leaders rejected that the Earth was spherical. True False QUESTION 3 On the one hand, the Bible says that God placed a firmament in the heavens. On the other hand, Aristotelian Cosmology had established the spherical heavens. What great Christian thinker was so befuddled by how water could stay atop a concave bowl that he resorts to allegory? Augustine Isaac Newton Johannes Kepler Tycho Brahe Saul of Tarsus QUESTION 4 Luther felt the need to go to great lengths to explain the number of spheres of Aristotelian Cosmology in both theological and scientific terms. True NSCI 110 Week 3 Aristotelian Cosmology Quiz False QUESTION 5 Aristotle’s cosmology, despite being incorrect, was easily reconciled with biblical anthropology and monotheism. True False QUESTION 6 Which lover of mathematics (as opposed to metaphysical assertions) proposed a solution to Aristotle’s Cosmology that introduced the concept of epicycles? Newton Einstein Ptolemy Augustine Luke the physician QUESTION 7 Scriptures like Daniel 4:10-12, Matthew 4:8 and Revelation 1:7 operate under the assumption that all the inhabitants of earth live in a region small enough to be seen from a fixed elevation. True False QUESTION 8 One of the first to propose a spherical Earth was Parmenides who reasoned that... The Bible teaches a spherical Earth (Isa 40:22, Job 26:10) A sphere is the most uniform geometric shape NSCI 110 Week 3 Aristotelian Cosmology Quiz Since shadows measure differently in different cities, the Earth is likely round Gravity cannot work in a flat Earth None of the above QUESTION 9 Aristotle deduced, in line with scriptures like Jeremiah 31:35 that the distant stars were fixed in the firmament. True False QUESTION 10 What was required in Aristotle’s spheres to move the entire system of spheres? Newton’s Theory of Universal Gravitation One Unmoved Mover Angels to carry the stars and planets in spheres Nothing, the model was complete None of the above

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