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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 was the intended destination?
(a) England.
(b) China.
(c) Bensalem.
(d) The West Indies.

2. What was the alternative name for the Peruvians?
(a) Tyrambel.
(b) Critias.
(c) Timaeus.
(d) Coya.

3. The ruler of Bensalem was also known to be a great ____.
(a) Shaman.
(b) Politician.
(c) Orator.
(d) Warrior.

4. The crew reported having soft and weak winds for ____ months.
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 6.
(d) 8.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which type of history is ideal to build a foundation for philosophy?

2. What was left behind after the pillar broke apart?

3. Which is not one of the parts of the plan?

4. The sailors offered _____ to the governor; the governor refused.

5. Bacon rejects a certain type of reasoning because it is too _____ and independent of the empirical.

(see the answer key)

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