Francis Bacon: Essays and Major Works Quizzes

Francis Bacon: Essays and Major Works Quiz 1

1 Francis Bacon was ___.
Welsh

English

Irish

Scottish
2 Bacon was born in ___.
1602

1598

1561

1555
3 Bacon died in ___.
1642

1626

1630

1599
4 Which of these titles did Bacon not possess over the course of his life?
Poet Laureate

Lord Verulam

Lord Chancellor

Attorney General
5 Where did Bacon attend university?
Oxford

He did not attend university.

Cambridge

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

German

English

Latin
7 Which prominent figure did Bacon meet while he was at Cambridge?
Margaret Cavendish

Sir Philip Sidney

William Shakespeare

Queen Elizabeth I
8 Which philosopher did Bacon both revere and disagree with?
Aristotle

Plato

Epicurus

Socrates
9 After traveling in his youth, why did Bacon return to England?
He wanted to teach at an English university.

He was offered a position at court.

He married and English woman.

His father died.
10 In his early adulthood, Bacon was plagued by ___.
debt

psychosis

physical illness

memory loss
11 To supplement his inheritance, Bacon worked at ___.
Gray's Inn

the London theaters

a tavern

Oxford
12 Bacon was elected to Parliament in ___.
1611

1605

1600

1581
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?
Thomas More

Christopher Marlowe

Lord Burghley

James I
15 Bacon advocated for the union of ___.
Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Anjou

England and Ireland

England and Scotland

church and state
16 Bacon served as an advisor to ___.
King James I

Queen Elizabeth I

William Cecil

Robert Devereux
17 In 1597, Bacon became a delegate for the ___.
English travels abroad

Queen's Counsel

Privy Council

Parliament of Middlesex
18 Bacon was arrested for debt in ___.
1565

1587

1600

1598
19 Bacon was knighted in ___.
1599

1603

1610

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

Elizabeth I

Charles I

Henry VIII
21 Bacon married ___.
Catherine Coke

Amelia Lanyer

Alice Barnham

Elizabeth Rawley
22 Bacon became Attorney General in ___.
1630

1621

1613

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

pity

reverence

disgrace
24 Bacon's long-time enemy was ___.
Robert Devereux

William Shakespeare

Sir Edward Coke

Lord Burghley
25 Bacon was a devout ___.
Atheist

Anglican

Catholic

Presbyterian

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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