Of Studies by Francis Bacon

According to Bacon the chief use of study is

• Ability

• Ornament

• Delight

• Adornment

Bacon says, to spend too much time studies is

• sloth

• studious

• affection

• affectation

For abilities which are natural is like natural plants that need _______

• pruning

• cutting

• sunlight

• air

According to Bacon, who condemns studies

• simple men

• crafty men

• wise men

• ready men

_____ maketh full man.

• Speaking

• Listening

• Reading

• Writing

History makes men wise; poets witty; mathematics subtle and natural philosophy deep

• True

• False

A man who studies a lot is temperamentally

• smart

• lazy

• active

• proactive

Studies develop man's natural

• ability

• inability

• value

• none of the above

Different kinds of _______ have different effects upon the reader.

• books

• story

• country

• author

Experience is essential to add value to _______

• study

• book

• ability

• none of the above