Francis Bacon: Essays and Major Works Quizzes

Francis Bacon: Essays and Major Works Quiz 1

1 Francis Bacon was ___.
Welsh

Scottish

English

Irish
2 Bacon was born in ___.
1598

1602

1555

1561
3 Bacon died in ___.
1599

1626

1642

1630
4 Which of these titles did Bacon not possess over the course of his life?
Lord Chancellor

Lord Verulam

Poet Laureate

Attorney General
5 Where did Bacon attend university?
He did not attend university.

Oxford

St. Andrew's

Cambridge
6 Bacon's education was conducted mostly in ___.
Latin

German

French

English
7 Which prominent figure did Bacon meet while he was at Cambridge?
Queen Elizabeth I

William Shakespeare

Sir Philip Sidney

Margaret Cavendish
8 Which philosopher did Bacon both revere and disagree with?
Aristotle

Epicurus

Socrates

Plato
9 After traveling in his youth, why did Bacon return to England?
He married and English woman.

His father died.

He wanted to teach at an English university.

He was offered a position at court.
10 In his early adulthood, Bacon was plagued by ___.
debt

physical illness

psychosis

memory loss
11 To supplement his inheritance, Bacon worked at ___.
a tavern

Oxford

Gray's Inn

the London theaters
12 Bacon was elected to Parliament in ___.
1581

1611

1605

1600
13 As a member of Parliament, Bacon was in favor of ___.
the Essex rebellion

the restructuring of the universities

the elimination of the Church

the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots
14 Which of these prominent figures was Bacon's uncle?
Lord Burghley

James I

Thomas More

Christopher Marlowe
15 Bacon advocated for the union of ___.
England and Scotland

church and state

England and Ireland

Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Anjou
16 Bacon served as an advisor to ___.
William Cecil

Queen Elizabeth I

Robert Devereux

King James I
17 In 1597, Bacon became a delegate for the ___.
Privy Council

English travels abroad

Queen's Counsel

Parliament of Middlesex
18 Bacon was arrested for debt in ___.
1587

1600

1598

1565
19 Bacon was knighted in ___.
1610

1603

1599

1624
20 Under which monarch did Bacon experience the most favor?
James I

Henry VIII

Elizabeth I

Charles I
21 Bacon married ___.
Elizabeth Rawley

Alice Barnham

Catherine Coke

Amelia Lanyer
22 Bacon became Attorney General in ___.
1617

1621

1630

1613
23 In his later years, Bacon was treated with ___.
disgrace

celebration

reverence

pity
24 Bacon's long-time enemy was ___.
Lord Burghley

Sir Edward Coke

Robert Devereux

William Shakespeare
25 Bacon was a devout ___.
Anglican

Presbyterian

Atheist

Catholic

Bacon is the greatest exponent of Renaissance Idealism. Examine this statement with reference to the essays you have studied.

Although Bacon was famous his renaissance idealism, I do not know what essays you have studied.

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why baccon used OF before starting his essays

becose it is used to mention the things particular

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What is Sir Francis Bacon’s main purpose in the text?

In this essay Bacon states his ideology about education and learning. He argues that, "studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability." Bacon felt that people should delight in knowledge for its own sake rather than a means to an end...

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