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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2b, New Atlantis, a Work Unfinished (Conversation with Governor continued, Conversation with Joabim).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the sailor's name for Atlantis?
(a) Eurasia.
(b) America.
(c) Antarctica.
(d) South America.

2. Bacon believed that common sense established _____ certain degrees of assurance.
(a) Questionably.
(b) Disjointed.
(c) Specific.
(d) Provisionally.

3. Which of the following promises to remedy the problem by offering repeatable testable methods of inquiry?
(a) Observation.
(b) Logic.
(c) Investigation.
(d) Experiments.

4. Which of the following items is needed to find the systematic order a particular subject?
(a) Observation.
(b) Experiments.
(c) Models.
(d) Experience.

5. What name is given to the person in this position?
(a) Guru.
(b) Tirsan.
(c) Sensei.
(d) Lama.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is the process of reasoning probabilistically?

2. How many days did it take from the time the sailors spotted land until they reached a port?

3. A great pillar of light was seen by the people of which city?

4. The governor stated that the sailors would not be permitted to reveal the _______ of their missions.

5. Which of the following was not offered to the sailors at this time?

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