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

2. It is important that man be able to gather clues from _____.
(a) Science.
(b) Nature.
(c) Each other.
(d) God.

3. The sixth part refers to the _______ course of inquiry.
(a) Philosophical.
(b) Sensible.
(c) Legitimate.
(d) Illegitimate.

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

5. We must avoid our ____if we want to see the pattern of the world..
(a) Divinity.
(b) Intellect.
(c) Imagination.
(d) Past.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author states that everything should be observed from the _____ to the human body.

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

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

4. Bacon believes that the meeting between the two entities must return to its _______.

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

(see the answer key)

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