New Atlantis ; and, the Great Instauration Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

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New Atlantis ; and, the Great Instauration Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 105 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. Bacon lays out a plan for organizing which of the following?
(a) Men.
(b) Scientific inquiry.
(c) Books.
(d) Thoughts.

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

3. The fifth part includes things Bacon had discovered through the ordinary use of ______.
(a) Intellect.
(b) Observation.
(c) Understanding.
(d) Logic.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following are said to have had no role except for in mechanics?

2. Bacon's goal is to collect particular _______ and then make inferences about general principles.

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

4. The modern ____ goes first from the senses to general propositions.

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Bacon explain why it was necessary to observe everything?

2. Define syllogism and the reason Bacon thought it was inferior to complete the task, which is to make men more forward thinking.

3. Bacon says that there is only way out of stagnation. What is it and why is it important?

4. Explain the fourth, fifth and sixth parts of the text.

5. Discuss the process used by traditional logicians.

6. Why did Francis Bacon apologize to King James I in his dedication to "The Great Instauration?" What did Bacon say?

7. What happens to cause the wanderers to be confused and lost?

8. Why did Bacon feel experiments were necessary to prove one's logic?

9. Explain the culture needed for an observer.

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

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