501 Critical Reading Questions

a
. Choices 
b
and 
e
are never men-
tioned, and choice 
c
is not backed up by the passage.
360.
e.
Lines 16–18 of the passage clearly state that Newton became Pro-
fessor of Mathematics at Trinity College, Cambridge.
361.
e.
In paragraph 4, Newton’s Laws of Motion are said to 
govern the
motion of objects
and are the basis for the concept of the 
clockwork
universe.
Nowhere in the passage is it stated that Newton or his
Laws are responsible for the international dateline (choice 
b)
, lati-
tude (choice 
c
), or longitude (choice 
d
). Choice 
a
plays on the
word 
govern
in line 34 and is misleading.
362.
b.
Lines 49–51 specifically state that Newton provided an explana-
tion of Kepler’s laws.
363.
d.
All of the other titles were bestowed on Newton during his 
lifetime.
364.
b.
William Stukeley published 
Memoirs of Sir Isaac Newton’s Life 
in
1726, after Newton’s death. The other choices are all accom-
plishemnts of Newton in his lifetime.
365.