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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. The only way out of ____ is to build a plan of inquiry.
(a) The past.
(b) Stagnation.
(c) Ignorance.
(d) Tyranny.

2. What years did the King serve England?
(a) 1601-1628.
(b) 1603-1625.
(c) 1610-1639.
(d) 1616-1651.

3. Bacon asks the ____ God to grant him the power to help humanity.
(a) Trinitarian.
(b) Universal.
(c) Lutheran.
(d) Unitarian.

4. The ancients looked only to the stars and as such became too focused on ____ and abstract meditation.
(a) Wit.
(b) Logic.
(c) Prayer.
(d) Astrology.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Other forms of thinking may start out being easier but will most likely end up in ____ places.

2. Science descended from debates held by the ______.

3. It is better to try and fail rather than to make _____ on something that cannot work.

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

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

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