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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. The first part is referred to as being ______ outlined.
(a) Haphazardly.
(b) Temporarily.
(c) Loosely.
(d) Sloppily.

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

5. Ultimately, man is nature's _____.
(a) Folly.
(b) Servant.
(c) Experiment.
(d) Opponent..

6. How many parts are there to the work?
(a) 5.
(b) 5.
(c) 4.
(d) 7.

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

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

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

10. It is from the _____ of our causes that are planned fail.
(a) Avoidance.
(b) Absolution.
(c) Dissolution.
(d) Ignorance.

11. What is another name for "The Great Instauration?"
(a) "The Great Restoration."
(b) "The Tragic Rebirth."
(c) "The Scientific Method."
(d) "The Mighty Revolution."

12. The sixth part refers to the _______ course of inquiry.
(a) Illegitimate.
(b) Philosophical.
(c) Legitimate.
(d) Sensible.

13. What is a "procemium?"
(a) Prefix.
(b) Preliminary.
(c) Preface.
(d) Postscript.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Bacon refers to one's powers as being ____ and reasoning.

2. Which of the following promises to remedy the problem by offering repeatable testable methods of inquiry?

3. In the end, the two sides ended up arguing over ______.

4. A person's examination of the world should involve true _____.

5. Bacon believes that the meeting between the two entities must return to its _______.

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