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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Which is not one of the parts of the plan?
(a) History of Philosophy.
(b) The New Philosophy.
(c) The Ladder of the Intellect.
(d) Division of Sciences.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Of the philosophers attempt to amend simple human observation with ridiculous _____.

2. The new logic is designed to command active ____.

3. The fifth part includes things Bacon had discovered through the ordinary use of ______.

4. The first part of the work is to equip the intellect to do which of the following?

5. Bacon lays out a plan for organizing which of the following?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the third part of the work and its connection to phenomena.

2. What is Francis Bacon's main complaint about people realizing their strengths and weaknesses?

3. What was the fault of the ancients regarding philosophy?

4. Explain the culture needed for an observer.

5. What steps has Bacon taken to devote himself wholly to his philosophy and to eliminate distractions from the outside world?

6. What is the next step in the work? What tools can be used to accomplish the necessary tasks?

7. What is the opinion of the average man regarding the advancement of sciences?

8. What was Bacon's way of counteracting the ways of the ancients?

9. Why did Bacon believed that it was pointless to argue simple human observation?

10. Discuss the second part of The Great Instauration and Bacon's plan to define and explain it.

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