bacon's essays

Question 1

2 essays by sir francis bacon

Answer 1

of studies and of marriage and single life

Question 2

what do studies serve for

Answer 2

delight, ornament and ability

Question 3

crafty men ___ studies, simple men _____ them, wise men ___ them

Answer 3

hate
admire
use

Question 4

some book are to be ____, or ____, ____

Answer 4

read in parts
read not carefully
read carefully

Question 5

reading maketh a

Answer 5

full man

Question 6

____ maketh a ready man

Answer 6

conversation

Question 7

____ make an exact man

Answer 7

writing

Question 8

there is no ___ in the wit

Answer 8

stoppage

Question 9

natural abilities are like

Answer 9

natural plants

Question 10

what are impediments of great enterprises

Answer 10

wife and children

Question 11

the best works have come from who

Answer 11

unmarried or childless men

Question 12

those who have children have greater care of __

Answer 12

future times

Question 13

people without children are usually

Answer 13

richer

Question 14

the most ordinary cause of a single life is

Answer 14

liberty

Question 15

unmarried men are best

Answer 15

friends, servants, masters

Question 16

unmarried men are not best

Answer 16

subjects, for tehy are light to run away

Question 17

a single life doth well with

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churchmen

Question 18

for soldiers, ____ put men in mind of their wives and children

Answer 18

battle speeches

Question 19

single men are more ____ becuase their tenderness is not so oft called upon

Answer 19

cruel and hard-hearted

Question 20

virgin woman are often ____

Answer 20

proud and stubborn

Question 21

wives are young men’s ____ and old men’s _____

Answer 21

mistresses

nurses

Question 22

when should a man marry

Answer 22

a young man not yet, an old man not at all

Question 23

had husbands have very good

Answer 23

wives