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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 modern ____ goes first from the senses to general propositions.
(a) Mathematician.
(b) Scientist.
(c) Philosopher.
(d) Logician.

2. Some of the Islanders believed that man would be willing to discard ____ for a better offer.
(a) Loyalty.
(b) Marriage.
(c) Money.
(d) Property.

3. Which of the following are said to have had no role except for in mechanics?
(a) Philosophers.
(b) Inventors.
(c) Scientists.
(d) Mathematicians.

4. Part of the reason for the movement was to show that the knowledge in _____ was stagnant.
(a) The public's consciousness.
(b) Europe.
(c) The Scientific Community.
(d) The Church.

5. Which of the following countries is not mentioned in the text?
(a) Egypt.
(b) Brazil.
(c) Palestine.
(d) Peru.

Short Answer Questions

1. Science descended from debates held by the ______.

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

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

4. Bacon states that man can only obey _____ causes.

5. We need methods that can discover causes and deliver philosophy's first:

(see the answer key)

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