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Writing Workshop: Narrative Writing — Unit test

Question 4 • FL-1001370-English 3 A

What attitude toward scientific knowledge does “When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer” express?

Answer
A
The poem suggests that scientific knowledge involves reasoning to a great degree.
B
The poem suggests that the only way to truly understand nature is through scientific knowledge.
C
The poem suggests that scientific knowledge is the opposite of inner knowledge.
D
The poem suggests that scientific knowledge is superior to other kinds of knowledge.

Explanation

The speaker listens to the astronomer explain the stars with proofs, figures, and charts, but feels tired and leaves to look at the night sky directly. This contrast suggests that scientific knowledge is different from the speaker’s personal, inward experience of nature—not that science is useless or necessarily wrong. The best answer is C, that scientific knowledge is the opposite of inner knowledge.

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