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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. With clear ____, the intellect can become more powerful.
(a) Logic.
(b) Direction.
(c) Intention.
(d) Philosophy.

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

3. Of the ideas of the mind are poorly constructed and ____.
(a) Ill formed.
(b) Faulty.
(c) Vague.
(d) Confusing.

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

5. Bacon begs the King to be a ____ and respecter of the Sciences.
(a) Representative.
(b) Embodiment.
(c) Patron.
(d) Master.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bacon believes that the human mind easily misuses its ____ in many ways.

2. We must avoid our ____if we want to see the pattern of the world..

3. It is important that man be able to gather clues from _____.

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

5. Which type of history is ideal to build a foundation for philosophy?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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