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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, New Atlantis, A Work Unfinished (Introduction, Discovery of Bensalem, Meeting with Governor).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. The crew reported having soft and weak winds for ____ months.
(a) 5.
(b) 6.
(c) 3.
(d) 8.

4. The first part of the work is to equip the intellect to do which of the following?
(a) Move forward.
(b) Process information.
(c) Question itself.
(d) Be rebuilt.

5. It is important that man be able to gather clues from _____.
(a) God.
(b) Science.
(c) Nature.
(d) Each other.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many days did it take from the time the sailors spotted land until they reached a port?

2. Bacon's goal is to collect particular _______ and then make inferences about general principles.

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

4. What term does Bacon use to describe syllogism?

5. The crew was perplexed by the number of _______ use by the islanders.

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