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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The new logic is designed to command active ____.
(a) Thought.
(b) Nature.
(c) Inquiry.
(d) Minds.

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

3. Instead, men placed too much focus on their ____.
(a) Work.
(b) Faith.
(c) False beliefs.
(d) Art.

4. With clear ____, the intellect can become more powerful.
(a) Philosophy.
(b) Intention.
(c) Logic.
(d) Direction.

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

6. Bacon's goal is to collect particular _______ and then make inferences about general principles.
(a) Philosophies.
(b) Sciences.
(c) Schools of thought.
(d) Phenomena.

7. The _____ way starts out hard but ends in "open country."
(a) Instinctive.
(b) Natural.
(c) Methodical.
(d) Scientific.

8. Bacon went to work for which King of England?
(a) Richard.
(b) James.
(c) George.
(d) Henry.

9. Bacon asks the ____ God to grant him the power to help humanity.
(a) Unitarian.
(b) Trinitarian.
(c) Lutheran.
(d) Universal.

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

11. It is better to try and fail rather than to make _____ on something that cannot work.
(a) Professions.
(b) Assumptions.
(c) Bets.
(d) Foolish decisions.

12. It is the ____ of power that caused angels to fall.
(a) Lust.
(b) Transfer.
(c) Attainment.
(d) Abuse.

13. The ancients looked only to the stars and as such became too focused on ____ and abstract meditation.
(a) Astrology.
(b) Logic.
(c) Wit.
(d) Prayer.

14. Bacon suggests that man should try to focus on their ___ powers.
(a) Limited.
(b) True.
(c) Inevitable.
(d) God-given.

15. Bacon states that man can only obey _____ causes.
(a) Man's.
(b) Philosophy's.
(c) God's.
(d) Nature's.

Short Answer Questions

1. Science descended from debates held by the ______.

2. What adjective is used to describe this particular course of inquiry?

3. Ultimately, man is nature's _____.

4. Which of the following is the process of reasoning probabilistically?

5. The author states that the work is only a beginning that developing this philosophy is starting the real _____ of the human race.

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