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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. Those that ran the polity of science were ____.
(a) Blind.
(b) Dictators.
(c) Democratic.
(d) Uninformed.

2. What is another name for "The Great Instauration?"
(a) "The Great Restoration."
(b) "The Tragic Rebirth."
(c) "The Scientific Method."
(d) "The Mighty Revolution."

3. The work was presented in such a way that it was written in the native tongue for all but which group?
(a) Chinese.
(b) Hebrews.
(c) Persians.
(d) Indians.

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

5. Bacon refers to one's powers as being ____ and reasoning.
(a) Faith.
(b) Intuition.
(c) Logic.
(d) Truth.

Short Answer Questions

1. The crew reported having soft and weak winds for ____ months.

2. It is better to try and fail rather than to make _____ on something that cannot work.

3. The first part is referred to as being ______ outlined.

4. The first part of the work is to equip the intellect to do which of the following?

5. The name of the island means "offspring of ____, safety and completeness" in Hebrew.

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