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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Science descended from debates held by the ______.

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