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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. What adjective is used to describe this particular course of inquiry?
(a) Rigid.
(b) Peculiar.
(c) Loose.
(d) Chaste.

2. Bacon lays out a plan for organizing which of the following?
(a) Thoughts.
(b) Books.
(c) Scientific inquiry.
(d) Men.

3. The author states that the work is only a beginning that developing this philosophy is starting the real _____ of the human race.
(a) Genus.
(b) Foundation.
(c) Business.
(d) Humanity.

4. In ordinary logic, _____ reigns.
(a) Cooperation.
(b) Synergy.
(c) Domination.
(d) Syllogism.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Francis Bacon believes that it is ____ for him to write the following work.

3. It is from the _____ of our causes that are planned fail.

4. Ultimately, man is nature's _____.

5. The first part is referred to as being ______ outlined.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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