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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. It is better to try and fail rather than to make _____ on something that cannot work.
(a) Assumptions.
(b) Foolish decisions.
(c) Bets.
(d) Professions.

2. Bacon rejects a certain type of reasoning because it is too _____ and independent of the empirical.
(a) Rickety.
(b) Confused.
(c) Deliberate.
(d) Changeable.

3. Francis Bacon believes that it is ____ for him to write the following work.
(a) Worthwhile.
(b) Pointless.
(c) Crucial.
(d) Frivolous.

4. Bacon believes that the human mind easily misuses its ____ in many ways.
(a) Reason.
(b) Gray matter.
(c) Intellect.
(d) Purpose.

5. Bacon states that a new logic has a different _____ from the old logic.
(a) Starting point.
(b) Destination.
(c) Aim.
(d) Method.

Short Answer Questions

1. Often times the community was controlled by ______ rules.

2. Since the observer is ____, he must look to history for similar observations.

3. Which of the following items is needed to find the systematic order a particular subject?

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

5. What is a "procemium?"

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