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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2c, New Atlantis, a Work Unfinished (The Father of Salomon's House).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The sailors found great ____ and friendliness among the natives.
(a) Intelligence.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Feasts.
(d) Hospitality.

2. This is accomplished through the use of ______.
(a) Hypotheses.
(b) Devices.
(c) Experiments.
(d) Experience.

3. The sailors communicated with the islanders in which language?
(a) Polynesian.
(b) French.
(c) Spanish.
(d) Tagalog.

4. What is the term used for removing salt from water?
(a) Desalinization.
(b) Decapitation.
(c) Desalting.
(d) Debriefing.

5. Which of the following countries is not mentioned in the text?
(a) Peru.
(b) Palestine.
(c) Brazil.
(d) Egypt.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was studied in the "smell house?"

2. Before the sailors were allowed to go ashore, they had to take an oath that they were not ____.

3. Which Biblical person was condemned for illicit moral knowledge?

4. The island was known for having a large number of ____.

5. What was the name given to the group that was responsible for gathering information from the four types of experiments?

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