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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does each field of science have?
(a) An unsolvable dilemma that leads to superstition.
(b) Supreme knowledge in its own area.
(c) Its own complement of pseudeoscience.
(d) Fans and well-wishers.

2. What tone does Einstein use in his paper on Special Relativity?
(a) Restrained.
(b) Authoritative.
(c) Florid.
(d) Grandiose.

3. What is one of the 'great commandments of science?'
(a) 'Authority is where funding comes from.'
(b) 'Use science to destroy authority.'
(c) 'Mistrust arguments from authority.'
(d) 'Trust authority to know best.'

4. At the center of which galaxy are millions of voices reportedly singing 'Glory, glory, glory to the Lord on high?'
(a) M51.
(b) IC 10.
(c) Draco Dwarf.
(d) NGC 4395.

5. What was Carl Sagan a member of?
(a) The U.S. Air Force Scientific Advisory Board.
(b) The U.S. Government Skeptics Council.
(c) The U.S. Navy Astronomers Association.
(d) The U.S. Army UFO Investigation Team.

Short Answer Questions

1. 'Spirit' comes from the Latin word for what?

2. What did King James refer to as the 'devil's weed?'

3. Where on Mars is the 'face' located?

4. Who wrote A Candle in the Dark?

5. What does Malleus Maleficarum mean?

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