Which of these statements from the article suppports that artificial lighting increased the number hours that people ...

D-By making nighttime infinitely more inviting, street lighting-gas lamps

In Did the lightbulb change our sleep patterns, how was nightime activity related to social class in early Europe?

C-Wealthy aristrocrats enjoyed evening entertainment while others retreated

Which statement is a central idea of Did the Lightbulb change our Sleep Patterns?

B-People's sleep patterns have changed significantly over time

#7: Which claim does the author suggest would most benefit from further research?

A-The disruption of bi-modal sleep has led to sleep disorders

#4: How does the author develop the idea that the bi-modal sleep pattern was once the norm?

D-citing literary sources in which sleep pattern is mentioned

#4 Part 2---Which evidence supports the answer above?

C-Ekirch claimed he had found lots of evidence to support the so called

#5: Why does the author refer to Thomas Wehr in pargraph 4?

B-to provide scientific evidence in support o fth main argument

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Which of these statements from the article suppports that artificial lighting increased the number hours that people ...
C-Most people stayed in bed and read or chatted, but some would get up,
D-By making nighttime infinitely more inviting, street lighting-gas lamps
A-Leaving the hyperbole aside, artificial illumination has arguably been
B-The show detailed Wehr's experiment that placed a group of subjects into
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In Did the lightbulb change our sleep patterns, how was nightime activity related to social class in early Europe?
A-It was socially acceptable to be out at night when visiting a neighbor
D-Nightime activities in literature that only the wealthy could afford
B-Laboreres enjoyed nighttime activities they slept for part of the night
C-Wealthy aristrocrats enjoyed evening entertainment while others retreated
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Which statement is a central idea of Did the Lightbulb change our Sleep Patterns?
A-People should return to the sleep patternes of previous generations
C-Works of literature contain references to people's old sleep patterns
D-People left in darkness for 14 hours will adopt new sleep patterns
B-People's sleep patterns have changed significantly over time
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#7: Which claim does the author suggest would most benefit from further research?
C-Environmental factors triggered fears about going out at night before
A-The disruption of bi-modal sleep has led to sleep disorders
D-Outdoor lighting has led to the growth of so-called 24 hour cities
B- Humans once slept in two periods during the night, waking up for a few
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#4: How does the author develop the idea that the bi-modal sleep pattern was once the norm?
B-by noting that the sleep pattern involved a period of waking and activity
A-suggesting that perhaps people should return to bi-modal sleep patterns
C-explaining that the sleep pattern arose because people were so tired ..
D-citing literary sources in which sleep pattern is mentioned
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#4 Part 2---Which evidence supports the answer above?
C-Ekirch claimed he had found lots of evidence to support the so called
D- Ekirch dubbed the period between the two sleeps
B-Professor Ekirch, a historian at the University of Virginia
A-In early 1990s, psychiatrist Thomas
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#5: Why does the author refer to Thomas Wehr in pargraph 4?
B-to provide scientific evidence in support o fth main argument
A- to introduce a point of view contrary to the main argument
D- to explain how people in previous centuries conducted science
C- to explain how people in other disciplines study the science of sleep
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#6: The author uses the word indispensable to mean that the lightbulb is
B-absolutely essential
D- deeply impressive
C-somewhat luxurious
A-extremely symbolic

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