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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1b, The Plan of the Work.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. This is accomplished through the use of ______.
(a) Hypotheses.
(b) Devices.
(c) Experience.
(d) Experiments.

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

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

4. What is another name for "The Great Instauration?"
(a) "The Mighty Revolution."
(b) "The Scientific Method."
(c) "The Great Restoration."
(d) "The Tragic Rebirth."

5. The fifth part includes things Bacon had discovered through the ordinary use of ______.
(a) Logic.
(b) Observation.
(c) Intellect.
(d) Understanding.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the end, the two sides ended up arguing over ______.

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

4. Bacon's goal is to collect particular _______ and then make inferences about general principles.

5. Many things may be improved by using instruments of _____.

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