TEST - 67

In Bacon’s Of Truth, who is cited asking “What is truth?” before leaving?

• Tacitus
• Pilate
• Seneca
• Aristotle

In Bacon’s Of Studies, which triad matches “Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; writing an exact man”?

• Read—exact; write—full; confer—ready
• Read—ready; write—full; confer—exact
• Read—full; confer—ready; write—exact
• Read—exact; confer—full; write—ready

In Bacon’s Of Revenge, which maxim completes the sentence “In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is __”?

• wise
• just
• superior
• secure

In Bacon’s Of Ambition, ambition is compared primarily to which bodily humor?

• Melancholy
• Phlegm
• Choler
• Blood

In Bacon’s Of Adversity, prosperity is linked to the Old Testament and adversity to the New because adversity chiefly produces which virtue there?

• Fortitude
• Patience
• Charity
• Humility

In Bacon’s Of Friendship, which benefit most directly concerns “the ease and discharge of the fullness of the heart”?

• Counsel
• Secrecy
• Comfort
• Execution

In Bacon’s Of Truth, the “mixture of a lie” is said to add what?

• Profit
• Speed
• Pleasure
• Safety

In Bacon’s Of Studies, which remedy does Bacon assign to the “wandering” wit?

• Ethics
• History
• Mathematics
• Logic

In Bacon’s Of Friendship, which pair best represents the “second fruit” of friendship?

• Boldness & fame
• Better judgment & counsel
• Wealth & promotion
• Secrecy & safety

In Bacon’s Of Studies, which books “are to be chewed and digested”?

• All histories
• The few, by diligence
• Verses only
• Schoolmen