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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1b, The Plan of the Work.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The _____ way starts out hard but ends in "open country."
(a) Instinctive.
(b) Methodical.
(c) Natural.
(d) Scientific.

2. Which of the following promises to remedy the problem by offering repeatable testable methods of inquiry?
(a) Logic.
(b) Observation.
(c) Experiments.
(d) Investigation.

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

4. Using the new logic, an observer will give up falsehood and avoid _____.
(a) Superstition.
(b) Outside influence.
(c) Tradition.
(d) Alternative thought.

5. Part of the reason for the movement was to show that the knowledge in _____ was stagnant.
(a) Europe.
(b) The Church.
(c) The public's consciousness.
(d) The Scientific Community.

Short Answer Questions

1. The ancients looked only to the stars and as such became too focused on ____ and abstract meditation.

2. It is important that man be able to gather clues from _____.

3. Bacon believes that the human mind easily misuses its ____ in many ways.

4. Bacon suggests that man should try to focus on their ___ powers.

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

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