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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1993, how many of the people of China, as in America, knew the Earth went around the sun once a year?
(a) No more than half.
(b) Nearly everyone.
(c) Approximately two quarters.
(d) No less than a third.

2. Humans are more closely related to chimpanzees than _____________________.
(a) Spiders are to scorpions.
(b) Rats are to mice.
(c) Dogs are to wolves.
(d) Dolphins are to whales.

3. What does SDI stand for?
(a) Star Destroyer Interdictor.
(b) Stealth Death Initiator.
(c) Strategic Defense Initiative.
(d) Solar Density Inhibitor.

4. How is the name 'Spee' pronounced?
(a) Phee.
(b) Shpay.
(c) Spea.
(d) Su-peh.

5. What is Carl Sagan's hometown?
(a) Las Vegas.
(b) Houston.
(c) Jersey City.
(d) Ithaca.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do we do when we discourage children from science?

2. Ronald Reagan confused reality with the plot from which movie?

3. What tabloid carried headlines about Martian civilizations?

4. What did George Awad create?

5. Which religion denies germ theory?

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