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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) Scientific.
(c) Natural.
(d) Instinctive.

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

3. At the same time, men tend to underestimate their _____.
(a) Weaknesses.
(b) Strengths.
(c) Power.
(d) Goals.

4. A person's examination of the world should involve true _____.
(a) Philosophy.
(b) Reverence.
(c) Science.
(d) Effort.

5. In the end, the two sides ended up arguing over ______.
(a) Karma.
(b) Money.
(c) Ideals.
(d) Dogma.

Short Answer Questions

1. Francis Bacon believes that it is ____ for him to write the following work.

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

3. Human reasoning is _____.

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

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

(see the answer key)

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