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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. Which of the following was manifested in the writings?
(a) Gift of Sight.
(b) Gift of Prophecy.
(c) Gift of Tongues.
(d) Gift of Divinity.

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

3. Before the sailors were allowed to go ashore, they had to take an oath that they were not ____.
(a) Traders.
(b) Pirates.
(c) Merchants.
(d) Enemies.

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

5. Science descended from debates held by the ______.
(a) Greeks.
(b) Church.
(c) Romans.
(d) British.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bacon refers to one's powers as being ____ and reasoning.

2. Ultimately, man is nature's _____.

3. We must avoid our ____if we want to see the pattern of the world..

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

5. What years did the King serve England?

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