1. In which year was the final version of Francis Bacon's essay 'Of Truth' published?
2. Who is the biblical figure mentioned in the opening line of the essay who asks, 'What is truth?'
3. Why does Bacon describe Pilate as 'jesting' in the opening sentence?
4. According to Bacon, what do certain people find 'a bondage' in their thinking?
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5. To what does Bacon compare truth that 'showeth best by day'?
6. According to the essay, why do 'varied lights' make lies more attractive than truth?
7. What phrase did one of the 'fathers' use to describe poetry, according to Bacon?
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8. Why is poetry referred to as 'vinum daemonum'?
9. Bacon identifies three stages of truth. Which stage corresponds to the 'enjoying of it'?
10. According to Bacon, what was God's 'first creature' in the works of the days?
11. What does Bacon call God's 'sabbath work'?
12. What is 'heaven upon earth,' according to the conclusion of the second paragraph?
13. In the context of 'civil business,' Bacon compares falsehood to which of the following?
14. What creature's 'winding and crooked courses' are compared to the practice of falsehood?
15. Which French essayist does Bacon quote regarding the disgrace of lying?
16. What does Bacon call the 'last peal' that will bring God's judgment upon men?
17. What biblical prophecy does Bacon refer to at the very end of the essay?
18. “He shall not find faith upon the earth” refers to:
19. Montaigne says that a liar is:
20. The phrase vinum daemonum refers to:
