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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, New Atlantis, A Work Unfinished (Introduction, Discovery of Bensalem, Meeting with Governor).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author states that everything should be observed from the _____ to the human body.
(a) Bottom of the sea.
(b) Heavens.
(c) Smallest insect.
(d) Earth's core.

2. The work was presented in such a way that it was written in the native tongue for all but which group?
(a) Indians.
(b) Hebrews.
(c) Persians.
(d) Chinese.

3. Bacon's goal is to collect particular _______ and then make inferences about general principles.
(a) Phenomena.
(b) Schools of thought.
(c) Philosophies.
(d) Sciences.

4. What is another name for "The Great Instauration?"
(a) "The Scientific Method."
(b) "The Mighty Revolution."
(c) "The Great Restoration."
(d) "The Tragic Rebirth."

5. Which of the following are said to have had no role except for in mechanics?
(a) Inventors.
(b) Mathematicians.
(c) Philosophers.
(d) Scientists.

Short Answer Questions

1. The text or references books of the Bible that had not yet been written such as _____'s epistles.

2. Where were the sailors taken to be given medical treatment?

3. Bacon asks the ____ God to grant him the power to help humanity.

4. How many weeks were the sailors permitted to stay ashore?

5. It is from the _____ of our causes that are planned fail.

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