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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2b, New Atlantis, a Work Unfinished (Conversation with Governor continued, Conversation with Joabim).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Overall, philosophy was _____ but barren.
(a) Abundant.
(b) Fruitful.
(c) Disdained.
(d) Worshiped.

5. What term does Bacon use to describe syllogism?
(a) In one ear and out the other.
(b) Between a rock and a hard place.
(c) Garbage in, garbage out.
(d) The pot calling the kettle black.

Short Answer Questions

1. The sick were quarantined for ____ days.

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

3. How many years after the ascension of Jesus did the Islanders convert to Christianity?

4. Which of the following often gives ideas that are false because of the lack of information?

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

(see the answer key)

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