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

2. What years did the King serve England?
(a) 1616-1651.
(b) 1610-1639.
(c) 1603-1625.
(d) 1601-1628.

3. What is a "procemium?"
(a) Preface.
(b) Preliminary.
(c) Prefix.
(d) Postscript.

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

5. Bacon asks the ____ God to grant him the power to help humanity.
(a) Trinitarian.
(b) Unitarian.
(c) Universal.
(d) Lutheran.

Short Answer Questions

1. We need methods that can discover causes and deliver philosophy's first:

2. Which of the following often gives ideas that are false because of the lack of information?

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

4. Bacon rejects a certain type of reasoning because it is too _____ and independent of the empirical.

5. Bacon begs the King to be a ____ and respecter of the Sciences.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Discuss the process used by traditional logicians.

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

6. Explain the culture needed for an observer.

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

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

9. What did Bacon say when people blame Adam's condemnation on science? What can be learned from the experience?

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

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