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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's goal is to collect particular _______ and then make inferences about general principles.
(a) Philosophies.
(b) Schools of thought.
(c) Phenomena.
(d) Sciences.

2. How many days did it take from the time the sailors spotted land until they reached a port?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

3. What was left behind after the pillar broke apart?
(a) Angel.
(b) Ark.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Pedestal.

4. The only way out of ____ is to build a plan of inquiry.
(a) Stagnation.
(b) The past.
(c) Tyranny.
(d) Ignorance.

5. Human reasoning is _____.
(a) Flawed.
(b) Divine.
(c) Premature.
(d) Purposeful.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the total number of sailors on the ship?

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

3. What term does Bacon use to describe syllogism?

4. Where were the sailors taken to be given medical treatment?

5. The fifth part includes things Bacon had discovered through the ordinary use of ______.

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