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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2c, New Atlantis, a Work Unfinished (The Father of Salomon's House).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was the name of the group of three that collected experiments in books?
(a) Depredators.
(b) Tirisan.
(c) Researchers.
(d) Collectors.

3. The crew had taken a long enough supplies to last for ___ months.
(a) 12.
(b) 8.
(c) 6.
(d) 18.

4. What was studied in the "engine house?"
(a) Trains.
(b) Cars.
(c) Motion.
(d) Mechanics.

5. In the end, the two sides ended up arguing over ______.
(a) Dogma.
(b) Ideals.
(c) Karma.
(d) Money.

Short Answer Questions

1. The governor told the sailors that the island had been saving money for _____ years.

2. Which of the following is not listed as being one of the "houses?"

3. What type of agricultural product is not mentioned?

4. Bacon's goal is to collect particular _______ and then make inferences about general principles.

5. Which of the following are said to have had no role except for in mechanics?

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