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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Using the new logic, an observer will give up falsehood and avoid _____.
(a) Superstition.
(b) Outside influence.
(c) Tradition.
(d) Alternative thought.

5. Of the philosophers attempt to amend simple human observation with ridiculous _____.
(a) Theories.
(b) Subtlety.
(c) Conclusions.
(d) Determinations.

6. Bacon believes that the meeting between the two entities must return to its _______.
(a) Previous incarnation.
(b) Original condition.
(c) Womb.
(d) Self.

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

8. A person's examination of the world should involve true _____.
(a) Reverence.
(b) Philosophy.
(c) Effort.
(d) Science.

9. Many things may be improved by using instruments of _____.
(a) Logic.
(b) God.
(c) Fellowship.
(d) Intuition.

10. At the same time, men tend to underestimate their _____.
(a) Goals.
(b) Strengths.
(c) Power.
(d) Weaknesses.

11. This is accomplished through the use of ______.
(a) Devices.
(b) Hypotheses.
(c) Experiments.
(d) Experience.

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

13. Bacon believes that the human mind easily misuses its ____ in many ways.
(a) Intellect.
(b) Purpose.
(c) Gray matter.
(d) Reason.

14. We must avoid our ____if we want to see the pattern of the world..
(a) Divinity.
(b) Past.
(c) Intellect.
(d) Imagination.

15. Bacon states that people tend lean toward false and hasty ______.
(a) Beliefs.
(b) Allies.
(c) Decisions.
(d) Conclusions.

Short Answer Questions

1. Often times the community was controlled by ______ rules.

2. Bacon suggests that man should try to focus on their ___ powers.

3. What term does Bacon use to describe syllogism?

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

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

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