Discoveries in Physics Added to the Anxiety of the 1920s

question 59

Multiple Choice

Discoveries in physics added to the anxiety of the 1920s and 1930s because they

• A) caused a majority of the population to turn to atheism.
• B) proved that heaven,for purely scientific reasons,did not exist.
• C) called into question established notions of truth.
• D) suggested the universe was a very unstable and dangerous place.
• E) answered all major questions and eliminated blind faith as a legitimate option.

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