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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 went to work for which King of England?
2. If man was able to focus on these powers, he would be able to master which of the following?
3. Bacon rejects a certain type of reasoning because it is too _____ and independent of the empirical.
4. Of the ideas of the mind are poorly constructed and ____.
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. Explain the fourth, fifth and sixth parts of the text.
3. Explain the third part of the work and its connection to phenomena.
4. Discuss the second part of The Great Instauration and Bacon's plan to define and explain it.
5. What did Bacon say when people blame Adam's condemnation on science? What can be learned from the experience?
6. What was Bacon's way of counteracting the ways of the ancients?
7. Explain the culture needed for an observer.
8. What is Francis Bacon's main complaint about people realizing their strengths and weaknesses?
9. What steps has Bacon taken to devote himself wholly to his philosophy and to eliminate distractions from the outside world?
10. Why did Bacon believed that it was pointless to argue simple human observation?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Twenty years after the ascension of Christ, the people of Renfusa saw some unidentified phenomena on the water. Explain the phenomena as much as possible. Could the phenomena be explained using today's scientific methods? Do you believe there was a force field or paralyzing force attached to the phenomena? Could it have been mass hallucination? What was left behind after the light disappeared?
Essay Topic 2
Write a 750 word essay on King Solamona and the founding and purpose of Salomon's House as it is relayed in the story.
Essay Topic 3
The governor told the sailors about the missions to collect information from other countries but remained secretive about certain aspects of the missions. Why? What do you think the governor wanted to keep secret? Do you think the people were doing anything unlawful? Why did they pose as people from other countries? Why was it important for Bensalem to remain under the radar to the majority of the known world? What are the pros and cons of being remote and unknown?
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