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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. Which of the following are said to have had no role except for in mechanics?
(a) Inventors.
(b) Scientists.
(c) Mathematicians.
(d) Philosophers.

2. Many things may be improved by using instruments of _____.
(a) Fellowship.
(b) Logic.
(c) God.
(d) Intuition.

3. It is the ____ of power that caused angels to fall.
(a) Lust.
(b) Transfer.
(c) Attainment.
(d) Abuse.

4. Bacon states that people tend lean toward false and hasty ______.
(a) Conclusions.
(b) Beliefs.
(c) Decisions.
(d) Allies.

5. Bacon states that reason can reconstruct human knowledge, science, and ____.
(a) Art.
(b) Souls.
(c) Faith.
(d) Logic.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Bacon begs the King to be a ____ and respecter of the Sciences.

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

5. What is another name for "The Great Instauration?"

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