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

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

3. Those that ran the polity of science were ____.

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Briefly describe the overall purpose and any of the first part title "The Divisions of the Sciences."

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Explain in detail the main differences between the Christian and Jewish cultures. Do you feel that Bacon's comments were objective? How did Joabin react to Bacon's questions? Where do the Christian and Jewish faiths become most separate? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

In both works, Bacon makes several references to phenomena. In "The Great Instauration," phenomena can be seen as a product of superstition or logic. In "New Atlantis," is it a phenomenon that causes the people of Renfusa and Bensalem to convert to Christianity. Examine Bacon's thoughts on phenomena in both stories and how each in its own way affects man's thoughts and philosophy.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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