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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the following are said to have had no role except for in mechanics?
(a) Philosophers.
(b) Scientists.
(c) Inventors.
(d) Mathematicians.

3. What is another name for "The Great Instauration?"
(a) "The Tragic Rebirth."
(b) "The Scientific Method."
(c) "The Mighty Revolution."
(d) "The Great Restoration."

4. The author states that the work is only a beginning that developing this philosophy is starting the real _____ of the human race.
(a) Humanity.
(b) Business.
(c) Genus.
(d) Foundation.

5. The problem is that common logic also requires more ____.
(a) Truth.
(b) Trust.
(c) Explanation.
(d) Investigation.

6. The _____ way starts out hard but ends in "open country."
(a) Methodical.
(b) Instinctive.
(c) Natural.
(d) Scientific.

7. What years did the King serve England?
(a) 1603-1625.
(b) 1601-1628.
(c) 1610-1639.
(d) 1616-1651.

8. If man was able to focus on these powers, he would be able to master which of the following?
(a) Nature.
(b) The Universe.
(c) Self.
(d) Others.

9. Human reasoning is _____.
(a) Flawed.
(b) Divine.
(c) Purposeful.
(d) Premature.

10. It is the ____ of power that caused angels to fall.
(a) Lust.
(b) Abuse.
(c) Transfer.
(d) Attainment.

11. Bacon suggests that man should try to focus on their ___ powers.
(a) God-given.
(b) True.
(c) Limited.
(d) Inevitable.

12. Which of the following items is needed to find the systematic order a particular subject?
(a) Experience.
(b) Observation.
(c) Models.
(d) Experiments.

13. Using the new logic, an observer will give up falsehood and avoid _____.
(a) Superstition.
(b) Outside influence.
(c) Tradition.
(d) Alternative thought.

14. Of the ideas of the mind are poorly constructed and ____.
(a) Ill formed.
(b) Confusing.
(c) Vague.
(d) Faulty.

15. Which is not one of the parts of the plan?
(a) The Ladder of the Intellect.
(b) History of Philosophy.
(c) Division of Sciences.
(d) The New Philosophy.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Part of the reason for the movement was to show that the knowledge in _____ was stagnant.

4. The fourth parts of the plan involves the application of _______.

5. The ancients looked only to the stars and as such became too focused on ____ and abstract meditation.

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