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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What drug was Antonin Artaud using when he saw shapes in the scenery around him?
(a) Cocaine.
(b) LSD.
(c) Marijuana.
(d) Peyote.

2. What is the only field where things are known for certain?
(a) Religion.
(b) Medicine.
(c) Science.
(d) Mathematics.

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

4. What percentage of people has experienced a vivid hallucination?
(a) 5-9%.
(b) 10-25%.
(c) 30-40%.
(d) Approximately 50%.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the key to the success of science?

2. What does each field of science have?

3. When did a flying saucer allegedly crash in Roswell, New Mexico?

4. What is Congress dissolving as Carl writes this book?

5. What does Carl see every time he looks at the moon?

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