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

2. Which type of history is ideal to build a foundation for philosophy?
(a) Empirical.
(b) Divine.
(c) Natural.
(d) Revised.

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

4. Bacon states that man can only obey _____ causes.
(a) Man's.
(b) God's.
(c) Philosophy's.
(d) Nature's.

5. Bacon went to work for which King of England?
(a) Richard.
(b) Henry.
(c) George.
(d) James.

Short Answer Questions

1. The _____ way starts out hard but ends in "open country."

2. If man was able to focus on these powers, he would be able to master which of the following?

3. Bacon asks the ____ God to grant him the power to help humanity.

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

5. Which is not one of the parts of the plan?

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