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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. Bacon believes that the meeting between the two entities must return to its _______.
(a) Self.
(b) Womb.
(c) Previous incarnation.
(d) Original condition.

2. Bacon went to work for which King of England?
(a) Richard.
(b) Henry.
(c) James.
(d) George.

3. With clear ____, the intellect can become more powerful.
(a) Direction.
(b) Logic.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) Intention.

4. The _____ way starts out hard but ends in "open country."
(a) Instinctive.
(b) Natural.
(c) Scientific.
(d) Methodical.

5. Often times the community was controlled by ______ rules.
(a) Arbitrary.
(b) Disorganized.
(c) No.
(d) Unenforceable.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is the process of reasoning probabilistically?

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

3. It is better to try and fail rather than to make _____ on something that cannot work.

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

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

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