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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. It is important that man be able to gather clues from _____.
(a) Science.
(b) Nature.
(c) God.
(d) Each other.

4. The only way out of ____ is to build a plan of inquiry.
(a) Tyranny.
(b) The past.
(c) Ignorance.
(d) Stagnation.

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

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

7. Human reasoning is _____.
(a) Flawed.
(b) Divine.
(c) Purposeful.
(d) Premature.

8. What years did the King serve England?
(a) 1610-1639.
(b) 1601-1628.
(c) 1603-1625.
(d) 1616-1651.

9. Bacon states that reason can reconstruct human knowledge, science, and ____.
(a) Souls.
(b) Logic.
(c) Faith.
(d) Art.

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

11. Bacon believed that common sense established _____ certain degrees of assurance.
(a) Specific.
(b) Questionably.
(c) Provisionally.
(d) Disjointed.

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

13. Which Biblical person was condemned for illicit moral knowledge?
(a) Jesus.
(b) Adam.
(c) Judas.
(d) Eve.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Since the observer is ____, he must look to history for similar observations.

2. Many things may be improved by using instruments of _____.

3. Science descended from debates held by the ______.

4. Which of the following often gives ideas that are false because of the lack of information?

5. The first part is referred to as being ______ outlined.

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