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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. At the same time, men tend to underestimate their _____.
(a) Strengths.
(b) Goals.
(c) Power.
(d) Weaknesses.

2. How many people approached the boats after the sailors requested medical treatment?
(a) 25.
(b) 20.
(c) 19.
(d) 15.

3. Francis Bacon believes that it is ____ for him to write the following work.
(a) Pointless.
(b) Worthwhile.
(c) Crucial.
(d) Frivolous.

4. Bacon states that reason can reconstruct human knowledge, science, and ____.
(a) Faith.
(b) Souls.
(c) Logic.
(d) Art.

5. The name of the island means "offspring of ____, safety and completeness" in Hebrew.
(a) God.
(b) Light.
(c) Peace.
(d) Hope.

Short Answer Questions

1. The sailors communicated with the islanders in which language?

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

3. In the end, the two sides ended up arguing over ______.

4. The new logic is designed to command active ____.

5. Bacon's goal is to collect particular _______ and then make inferences about general principles.

(see the answer key)

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