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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. Instead, men placed too much focus on their ____.
(a) Art.
(b) Faith.
(c) False beliefs.
(d) Work.

2. Overall, philosophy was _____ but barren.
(a) Fruitful.
(b) Disdained.
(c) Worshiped.
(d) Abundant.

3. Bacon rejects a certain type of reasoning because it is too _____ and independent of the empirical.
(a) Rickety.
(b) Confused.
(c) Changeable.
(d) Deliberate.

4. Which of the following often gives ideas that are false because of the lack of information?
(a) Phenomena.
(b) Senses.
(c) Nature.
(d) Divinity.

5. We need methods that can discover causes and deliver philosophy's first:
(a) Ideas.
(b) Food.
(c) Fruit.
(d) Breath.

Short Answer Questions

1. Many things may be improved by using instruments of _____.

2. Which of the following items is needed to find the systematic order a particular subject?

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

4. Human reasoning is _____.

5. The first part is referred to as being ______ outlined.

(see the answer key)

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