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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 stated that the author believes that men tend to misunderstand their _____.
(a) Posterity.
(b) Mission.
(c) Strengths.
(d) Weakenesses.

2. Ultimately, man is nature's _____.
(a) Experiment.
(b) Servant.
(c) Folly.
(d) Opponent..

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

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

5. What adjective is used to describe this particular course of inquiry?
(a) Rigid.
(b) Chaste.
(c) Peculiar.
(d) Loose.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following promises to remedy the problem by offering repeatable testable methods of inquiry?

2. We need methods that can discover causes and deliver philosophy's first:

3. At the same time, men tend to underestimate their _____.

4. Bacon states that reason can reconstruct human knowledge, science, and ____.

5. The ancients looked only to the stars and as such became too focused on ____ and abstract meditation.

(see the answer key)

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