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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What other use for nuclear weapons was suggested by Edward Teller?
(a) Cooking.
(b) Home heating.
(c) Construction.
(d) Fireworks displays.

2. 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.

3. What, more than likely, was the real craft that crashed in Roswell?
(a) A spy balloon.
(b) A spy aircraft.
(c) A spy satellite.
(d) A Russian aircraft.

4. Essentially, what are all UFO cases?
(a) Anecdotes.
(b) Proof of extraterrestrial life.
(c) Absurd.
(d) Insane.

5. According to P.T. Barnum, what is born every minute?
(a) Five hundred chickens.
(b) A circus freak.
(c) A Republican.
(d) A sucker.

Short Answer Questions

1. What group 'powerfully influenced' Christian philosophy?

2. Who was the scientific director of the Manhattan project?

3. What did Carl see in a brooding storm cloud near Fiji?

4. What percentage of American women were sexually abused during childhood?

5. Why has quantum mechanics not been popularized?

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