Francis Bacon: Essays and Major Works Quizzes

Francis Bacon: Essays and Major Works Quiz 1

1 Francis Bacon was ___.
Irish

Scottish

Welsh

English
2 Bacon was born in ___.
1602

1561

1555

1598
3 Bacon died in ___.
1626

1630

1642

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

Lord Verulam

Attorney General

Lord Chancellor
5 Where did Bacon attend university?
Cambridge

St. Andrew's

He did not attend university.

Oxford
6 Bacon's education was conducted mostly in ___.
German

Latin

French

English
7 Which prominent figure did Bacon meet while he was at Cambridge?
Sir Philip Sidney

Queen Elizabeth I

William Shakespeare

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

Plato

Aristotle

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

His father died.

He married and English woman.

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

physical illness

debt

psychosis
11 To supplement his inheritance, Bacon worked at ___.
the London theaters

Oxford

Gray's Inn

a tavern
12 Bacon was elected to Parliament in ___.
1611

1605

1600

1581
13 As a member of Parliament, Bacon was in favor of ___.
the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots

the elimination of the Church

the Essex rebellion

the restructuring of the universities
14 Which of these prominent figures was Bacon's uncle?
Thomas More

Lord Burghley

James I

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

England and Ireland

Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Anjou

church and state
16 Bacon served as an advisor to ___.
Robert Devereux

Queen Elizabeth I

King James I

William Cecil
17 In 1597, Bacon became a delegate for the ___.
English travels abroad

Privy Council

Queen's Counsel

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

1598

1600

1587
19 Bacon was knighted in ___.
1624

1603

1599

1610
20 Under which monarch did Bacon experience the most favor?
James I

Elizabeth I

Henry VIII

Charles I
21 Bacon married ___.
Alice Barnham

Elizabeth Rawley

Amelia Lanyer

Catherine Coke
22 Bacon became Attorney General in ___.
1621

1630

1613

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

celebration

reverence

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

Robert Devereux

Lord Burghley

Sir Edward Coke
25 Bacon was a devout ___.
Atheist

Anglican

Catholic

Presbyterian