Score for this attempt: 17 out of 20
Submitted Feb 1 at 6:32pm
This attempt took 5 minutes.
Question 1
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Merchant thinks that the innovations in thinking that Bacon oversaw were beneficial to nature, women and the lower classes of society.
True
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False
Question 2
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Merchant thinks that Bacon’s choice of language reflects his attitudes and perspective tellingly.
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True
False
Question 3
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Merchant thinks that Bacon’s attitude towards science reinforced ideas of growth and progress found in capitalism.
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True
False
Question 4
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Bacon’s attitude towards knowledge about nature was that:
The quest for knowledge led to the Fall, so we should control our inquisitiveness.
It is acceptable to seek knowledge as long as one does not search too deeply.
Correct Answer
We should actively and aggressively seek knowledge to recover that which we lost in the Fall.
We should seek knowledge through the Church/Bible, not through nature.
You Answered
Knowledge is given to us through God’s grace – we don’t have to search for it.
Question 5
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Who does Merchant describe as being treated like priests in Bacon’s community?
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Scientists
Theologians
Magicians
Politicians
Philosophers
Question 6
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Which of the statemenst below is the most accurate description of Bacon’s attitude to nature?
Nature is infinitely wise and develops along its own course.
Nature shows us divine perfection and should be respected.
Correct Answer
Nature needs to be controlled, restrained, and altered .
You Answered
Nature is our partner and we must work with it and treat it fairly.
Question 7
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Merchant sees Bacon’s views attitudes as implicit in enterprises like genetic engineering.
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True
False
Question 8
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Merchant thinks the sexual and violent overtones in Bacon’s imagery reflects his attitude that nature must be exploited.
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True
False
Question 9
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Easterbrook thinks that nature might be glad to be altered by humans.
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True
False
Question 10
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Which of the five fundamental flaws of nature does Easterbrook think is the most basic fault?
Over-reliance on the sun
You Answered
The chance basis of DNA mutations
Correct Answer
The fact it does not act by design
The fact that life requires planets
The wastefulness of solar energy
Question 11
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Easterbrook thinks the fundamental flaws of nature can never be altered and we have to work round them.
True
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False
Question 12
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Easterbrook thinks that environmentalists will always focus on opposition to industry and development.
True
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False
Question 13
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Easterbrook thinks that capitalism will provide the mechanism for transformation to inner peace and environmental health.
True
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False
Question 14
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Easterbrook thinks that the original native Americans had an ideal and comfortable existence that we should try to return to.
True
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False
Question 15
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Easterbrook thinks initiatives such as the Wildlands Project are flawed because they seek to revert to a nature of the past complete with all its ‘structural faults’.
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True
False
Question 16
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Mander thinks that the public is insufficiently involved in discussions about technology.
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True
False
Question 17
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Mander thinks that technologists continue a long tradition of the idea that there are no limits to the how much humans should intervene in the natural world.
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True
False
Question 18
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Mander thinks that we have created a worldwide technical creature that controls the way we think. What is the ‘sales system’ of this creature?
Computer technology
Genetics
The internet
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Television
The EPCOT Center
Question 19
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Mander is optimistic about the power of technology to reduce human sufering.
True
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False
Quiz Score: 17 out of 20