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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4 - Whence Innumeracy?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Paulos mentions which famous structure?
(a) Statue of Liberty.
(b) Sears Tower.
(c) Empire State Building.
(d) Eiffel Tower.

2. Who cannot teach simple math to students?
(a) Parents.
(b) Peers.
(c) Calculus professor.
(d) Elementary school teacher.

3. What about coincidence makes it the most noticeable among events?
(a) Research.
(b) Fear.
(c) Superstition.
(d) Focus.

4. Which of the following is not in the list of things over which people become obsessed?
(a) Fate.
(b) Synchronicity.
(c) Irony.
(d) Coincidence.

5. In what did the doctor not believe?
(a) Phobias.
(b) Surgery.
(c) Coincidences.
(d) Vaccines.

Short Answer Questions

1. Paulos believes that the theory may seem:

2. What did the doctor invent?

3. Paulos believes that elementary schools lack ______ in their curriculum?

4. Which explorer is referenced?

5. What did the invention reveal?

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