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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 king sent ____ ship(s) out to the world to gain knowledge.
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

2. The sick were quarantined for ____ days.
(a) 7.
(b) 5.
(c) 10.
(d) 3.

3. We need methods that can discover causes and deliver philosophy's first:
(a) Breath.
(b) Fruit.
(c) Ideas.
(d) Food.

4. Bacon rejects a certain type of reasoning because it is too _____ and independent of the empirical.
(a) Rickety.
(b) Confused.
(c) Changeable.
(d) Deliberate.

5. It is stated that the author believes that men tend to misunderstand their _____.
(a) Posterity.
(b) Mission.
(c) Weakenesses.
(d) Strengths.

Short Answer Questions

1. The new logic is designed to command active ____.

2. If man was able to focus on these powers, he would be able to master which of the following?

3. Bacon believed that common sense established _____ certain degrees of assurance.

4. What was the name of the saint that left the letter behind?

5. Bacon begs the King to be a ____ and respecter of the Sciences.

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