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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1b, The Plan of the Work.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Often times the community was controlled by ______ rules.
(a) Arbitrary.
(b) Disorganized.
(c) No.
(d) Unenforceable.

3. A person's examination of the world should involve true _____.
(a) Science.
(b) Reverence.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) Effort.

4. The only way out of ____ is to build a plan of inquiry.
(a) Stagnation.
(b) The past.
(c) Tyranny.
(d) Ignorance.

5. Francis Bacon believes that it is ____ for him to write the following work.
(a) Worthwhile.
(b) Frivolous.
(c) Crucial.
(d) Pointless.

Short Answer Questions

1. The new logic is designed to command active ____.

2. Of the ideas of the mind are poorly constructed and ____.

3. Bacon believed that common sense established _____ certain degrees of assurance.

4. Bacon's goal is to collect particular _______ and then make inferences about general principles.

5. Since the observer is ____, he must look to history for similar observations.

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