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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which Biblical person was condemned for illicit moral knowledge?

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

3. Using the new logic, an observer will give up falsehood and avoid _____.

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

5. In the end, the two sides ended up arguing over ______.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Discuss the process used by traditional logicians.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The governor feels very strongly about the rules attached to morality on Bensalem. List some of the rules regarding piety, morality and chastity held by the government of Bensalem. Compare them to the same thoughts in other countries, particularly in Europe. Explain why the governor feels so strongly about this topic.

Essay Topic 2

Bacon sees the debates between philosophers as being relatively useless. Why? What about the debates does not help man move forward? Bacon mentions several schools of thought that could easily spawn heated debates. Examine these topics. Also use references in the text to structure a debate on old logic versus new logic, the wisdom of the ancients versus modern philosophy.

Essay Topic 3

Bacon has a great deal to say about nature. Nature offers clues to man as to how things work in a logical sense. Should nature be trusted over ideas and/or reason? Explain. What types of clues can man receive from nature? Why does Bacon say that man is nature's servant? Do you believe that man is subject to nature's causes, actions and whims? Explain and give examples of each.

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