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

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

3. Bacon refers to one's powers as being ____ and reasoning.
(a) Logic.
(b) Truth.
(c) Faith.
(d) Intuition.

4. Bacon believes that the meeting between the two entities must return to its _______.
(a) Previous incarnation.
(b) Womb.
(c) Original condition.
(d) Self.

5. Bacon says that ____ is "more precious than anything on earth."
(a) True understanding.
(b) Intellect.
(c) A meeting of the minds.
(d) Philosophy.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. A person's examination of the world should involve true _____.

3. Part of the reason for the movement was to show that the knowledge in _____ was stagnant.

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

5. It is the ____ of power that caused angels to fall.

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