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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2c, New Atlantis, a Work Unfinished (The Father of Salomon's House).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the following supposedly took its toll on Atlantis?
(a) The sea.
(b) Nature.
(c) Coya.
(d) Divine revenge.

3. What was left behind after the pillar broke apart?
(a) Angel.
(b) Ark.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Pedestal.

4. Many things may be improved by using instruments of _____.
(a) Logic.
(b) God.
(c) Fellowship.
(d) Intuition.

5. This person also promised to discuss the ______ used in rites and celebrations.
(a) Garb.
(b) Food.
(c) Prayers.
(d) Instruments.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the text, the laws made the government seem ignorant and ____.

2. The island was known for having a large number of ____.

3. The author states that everything should be observed from the _____ to the human body.

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

5. The islanders make beverages that can last up to ____ years.

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