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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 modern ____ goes first from the senses to general propositions.
(a) Mathematician.
(b) Logician.
(c) Scientist.
(d) Philosopher.

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

3. The new logic is designed to command active ____.
(a) Inquiry.
(b) Nature.
(c) Minds.
(d) Thought.

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

5. Bacon states that reason can reconstruct human knowledge, science, and ____.
(a) Souls.
(b) Logic.
(c) Art.
(d) Faith.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many parts are there to the work?

2. Science descended from debates held by the ______.

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

4. Instead, men placed too much focus on their ____.

5. Bacon lays out a plan for organizing which of the following?

(see the answer key)

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