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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Ronald Reagan confused reality with the plot from which movie?
(a) The Dirty Dozen.
(b) A Wing and a Prayer.
(c) Saving Private Ryan.
(d) A Bridge Too Far.

3. According to 1983 calculations, how much will the Earth's temperature be reduced by nuclear winter?
(a) 10-15 degrees F.
(b) 15-20 degrees F.
(c) 15-20 degrees C.
(d) 10-15 degrees C.

4. When was Sputnik 1 launched?
(a) October 4, 1957.
(b) October 4, 1967.
(c) October 4, 1977.
(d) October 4, 1947.

5. What does the NSA do?
(a) Catches drug dealers.
(b) Assassinates world leaders.
(c) Reads the world's mail.
(d) Sends satellites into space.

Short Answer Questions

1. What best defines 'Newton's Sleep?'

2. Where did crop circles originate from?

3. What phrase was coined when Carl Sagan was in high school?

4. What does Malleus Maleficarum mean?

5. In 1993, how many of the people of China, as in America, knew the Earth went around the sun once a year?

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