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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) Previous incarnation.
(b) Self.
(c) Original condition.
(d) Womb.

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

3. The author states that the work is only a beginning that developing this philosophy is starting the real _____ of the human race.
(a) Humanity.
(b) Business.
(c) Genus.
(d) Foundation.

4. Bacon begs the King to be a ____ and respecter of the Sciences.
(a) Representative.
(b) Embodiment.
(c) Patron.
(d) Master.

5. Bacon states that people tend lean toward false and hasty ______.
(a) Beliefs.
(b) Allies.
(c) Decisions.
(d) Conclusions.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. This is accomplished through the use of ______.

5. Bacon believed that common sense established _____ certain degrees of assurance.

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