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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. Francis Bacon believes that it is ____ for him to write the following work.
(a) Crucial.
(b) Worthwhile.
(c) Pointless.
(d) Frivolous.

2. Bacon's goal is to collect particular _______ and then make inferences about general principles.
(a) Phenomena.
(b) Philosophies.
(c) Schools of thought.
(d) Sciences.

3. Part of the reason for the movement was to show that the knowledge in _____ was stagnant.
(a) The Church.
(b) The public's consciousness.
(c) Europe.
(d) The Scientific Community.

4. Science descended from debates held by the ______.
(a) Greeks.
(b) British.
(c) Romans.
(d) Church.

5. The modern ____ goes first from the senses to general propositions.
(a) Scientist.
(b) Philosopher.
(c) Mathematician.
(d) Logician.

Short Answer Questions

1. What adjective is used to describe this particular course of inquiry?

2. Bacon asks the ____ God to grant him the power to help humanity.

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

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

5. Which of the following items is needed to find the systematic order a particular subject?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the role of the modern logician? What does Bacon want to change about the process?

3. Discuss the process used by traditional logicians.

4. What is Bacon's advice to the people who would spend the majority of their time reading books on arts and sciences?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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