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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 is not one of the parts of the plan?
(a) The New Philosophy.
(b) Division of Sciences.
(c) The Ladder of the Intellect.
(d) History of Philosophy.

2. The problem is that common logic also requires more ____.
(a) Investigation.
(b) Explanation.
(c) Trust.
(d) Truth.

3. What is another name for "The Great Instauration?"
(a) "The Mighty Revolution."
(b) "The Great Restoration."
(c) "The Tragic Rebirth."
(d) "The Scientific Method."

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

5. What is a "procemium?"
(a) Prefix.
(b) Preface.
(c) Postscript.
(d) Preliminary.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following often gives ideas that are false because of the lack of information?

2. The only way out of ____ is to build a plan of inquiry.

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

4. The new logic is designed to command active ____.

5. Of the ideas of the mind are poorly constructed and ____.

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