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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. Other forms of thinking may start out being easier but will most likely end up in ____ places.
(a) Many different.
(b) Dark.
(c) Confusing.
(d) Dangerous.

2. A person's examination of the world should involve true _____.
(a) Effort.
(b) Science.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) Reverence.

3. The first part of the work is to equip the intellect to do which of the following?
(a) Be rebuilt.
(b) Question itself.
(c) Process information.
(d) Move forward.

4. Of the ideas of the mind are poorly constructed and ____.
(a) Vague.
(b) Confusing.
(c) Ill formed.
(d) Faulty.

5. What term does Bacon use to describe syllogism?
(a) In one ear and out the other.
(b) Between a rock and a hard place.
(c) Garbage in, garbage out.
(d) The pot calling the kettle black.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Often times the community was controlled by ______ rules.

3. Bacon states that reason can reconstruct human knowledge, science, and ____.

4. Bacon states that a new logic has a different _____ from the old logic.

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

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