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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1, The Great Instauration.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Bacon suggests that man should try to focus on their ___ powers.
(a) True.
(b) Inevitable.
(c) God-given.
(d) Limited.

2. Francis Bacon believes that it is ____ for him to write the following work.
(a) Pointless.
(b) Crucial.
(c) Frivolous.
(d) Worthwhile.

3. It is stated that the author believes that men tend to misunderstand their _____.
(a) Mission.
(b) Weakenesses.
(c) Strengths.
(d) Posterity.

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

5. Which Biblical person was condemned for illicit moral knowledge?
(a) Eve.
(b) Judas.
(c) Adam.
(d) Jesus.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Instead, men placed too much focus on their ____.

3. Those that ran the polity of science were ____.

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

5. In the end, the two sides ended up arguing over ______.

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