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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. Using the new logic, an observer will give up falsehood and avoid _____.
(a) Tradition.
(b) Superstition.
(c) Alternative thought.
(d) Outside influence.

2. Which type of history is ideal to build a foundation for philosophy?
(a) Revised.
(b) Divine.
(c) Empirical.
(d) Natural.

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

4. The author states that everything should be observed from the _____ to the human body.
(a) Heavens.
(b) Bottom of the sea.
(c) Earth's core.
(d) Smallest insect.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. It is from the _____ of our causes that are planned fail.

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

3. The modern ____ goes first from the senses to general propositions.

4. The problem is that common logic also requires more ____.

5. With clear ____, the intellect can become more powerful.

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