Francis Bacon: Essays and Major Works Quizzes

Francis Bacon: Essays and Major Works Quiz 1

1 Francis Bacon was ___.
Welsh

Irish

English

Scottish
2 Bacon was born in ___.
1602

1598

1561

1555
3 Bacon died in ___.
1642

1626

1599

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

Lord Verulam

Poet Laureate

Lord Chancellor
5 Where did Bacon attend university?
He did not attend university.

Cambridge

Oxford

St. Andrew's
6 Bacon's education was conducted mostly in ___.
English

German

Latin

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

Margaret Cavendish

William Shakespeare

Sir Philip Sidney
8 Which philosopher did Bacon both revere and disagree with?
Socrates

Epicurus

Aristotle

Plato
9 After traveling in his youth, why did Bacon return to England?
His father died.

He was offered a position at court.

He wanted to teach at an English university.

He married and English woman.
10 In his early adulthood, Bacon was plagued by ___.
memory loss

debt

psychosis

physical illness
11 To supplement his inheritance, Bacon worked at ___.
Gray's Inn

the London theaters

a tavern

Oxford
12 Bacon was elected to Parliament in ___.
1581

1605

1600

1611
13 As a member of Parliament, Bacon was in favor of ___.
the restructuring of the universities

the Essex rebellion

the elimination of the Church

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

James I

Thomas More

Lord Burghley
15 Bacon advocated for the union of ___.
Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Anjou

church and state

England and Scotland

England and Ireland
16 Bacon served as an advisor to ___.
Queen Elizabeth I

Robert Devereux

William Cecil

King James I
17 In 1597, Bacon became a delegate for the ___.
Queen's Counsel

English travels abroad

Privy Council

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

1600

1565

1598
19 Bacon was knighted in ___.
1599

1603

1610

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

Henry VIII

Charles I

Elizabeth I
21 Bacon married ___.
Elizabeth Rawley

Catherine Coke

Amelia Lanyer

Alice Barnham
22 Bacon became Attorney General in ___.
1630

1621

1613

1617
23 In his later years, Bacon was treated with ___.
reverence

celebration

disgrace

pity
24 Bacon's long-time enemy was ___.
William Shakespeare

Sir Edward Coke

Robert Devereux

Lord Burghley
25 Bacon was a devout ___.
Presbyterian

Atheist

Anglican

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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