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

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

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

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

5. Often times the community was controlled by ______ rules.
(a) Unenforceable.
(b) Disorganized.
(c) Arbitrary.
(d) No.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many parts are there to the work?

2. Overall, philosophy was _____ but barren.

3. Other forms of thinking may start out being easier but will most likely end up in ____ places.

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

5. Instead, men placed too much focus on their ____.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Explain the culture needed for an observer.

4. What are Bacon's thoughts on the advancement of philosophy?

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

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

7. Briefly describe the overall purpose and any of the first part title "The Divisions of the Sciences."

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

9. How does Bacon referred to the wisdom of the Greeks? Additionally how does Bacon compare the state of learning to which mythical character?

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

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