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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. Francis Bacon believes that it is ____ for him to write the following work.
(a) Frivolous.
(b) Worthwhile.
(c) Crucial.
(d) Pointless.

2. What years did the King serve England?
(a) 1616-1651.
(b) 1603-1625.
(c) 1601-1628.
(d) 1610-1639.

3. Bacon states that a new logic has a different _____ from the old logic.
(a) Aim.
(b) Starting point.
(c) Destination.
(d) Method.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Bacon rejects a certain type of reasoning because it is too _____ and independent of the empirical.

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

3. Part of the reason for the movement was to show that the knowledge in _____ was stagnant.

4. The author states that everything should be observed from the _____ to the human body.

5. Bacon believes that the meeting between the two entities must return to its _______.

(see the answer key)

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