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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. Bacon states that people tend lean toward false and hasty ______.
(a) Allies.
(b) Conclusions.
(c) Beliefs.
(d) Decisions.

2. The first part is referred to as being ______ outlined.
(a) Loosely.
(b) Sloppily.
(c) Haphazardly.
(d) Temporarily.

3. The governor informs the sailors that they would use the island's _____ to provide ship repair.
(a) Revenues.
(b) Trade relations.
(c) Craftsmen.
(d) Materials.

4. The crew had taken a long enough supplies to last for ___ months.
(a) 12.
(b) 8.
(c) 18.
(d) 6.

5. The author states that the work is only a beginning that developing this philosophy is starting the real _____ of the human race.
(a) Humanity.
(b) Business.
(c) Genus.
(d) Foundation.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The first part of the work is to equip the intellect to do which of the following?

3. Using the new logic, an observer will give up falsehood and avoid _____.

4. When the pillar of light broke up it turned in to which of the following:

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

(see the answer key)

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