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

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

3. It is better to try and fail rather than to make _____ on something that cannot work.
(a) Professions.
(b) Bets.
(c) Assumptions.
(d) Foolish decisions.

4. Instead, men placed too much focus on their ____.
(a) False beliefs.
(b) Work.
(c) Faith.
(d) Art.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Bacon suggests that man should try to focus on their ___ powers.

5. What years did the King serve England?

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