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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many UFO reports have there been since 1947?
(a) Seventeen.
(b) Approximately half a million.
(c) Over a million.
(d) Six hundred and twenty thousand.

2. What does Carl Sagan try not to think with?
(a) His gut.
(b) His third eye.
(c) His heart.
(d) His brain.

3. What does Carl Sagan work mostly with?
(a) Weather.
(b) Planets.
(c) Economics.
(d) Physics.

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

5. What is the title of this chapter?
(a) When Scientists Know Sin.
(b) The Fine Art of Baloney Detection.
(c) The Dragon in My Garage.
(d) The City of Grief.

6. What was Silas Newton's alien gear made of?
(a) Kitchen-pot aluminum.
(b) Spacecraft-grade titanium.
(c) Elerium 115.
(d) An unknown material.

7. What percentage of Americans are "scientifically illiterate?"
(a) 88%.
(b) 42%.
(c) 50%.
(d) 95%.

8. What was so honest about George Adamski?
(a) His overalls.
(b) His story.
(c) His greying hair.
(d) His eyes.

9. What does LGM stand for?
(a) Lesser Gaseous Mass.
(b) Linear Gravitational Molecule.
(c) Little Green Men.
(d) Lima Gamma Monotheism.

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

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

12. What type of tone was missed by the video cassette reviewer?
(a) Satirical.
(b) Ironical.
(c) Banal.
(d) Whimsical.

13. Who wrote A Candle in the Dark?
(a) Thomas Ady.
(b) John Salem.
(c) Elton John.
(d) George Burroughs.

14. In a society that believes in ghosts, how are reports of ghost sighting received?
(a) Without any investigation whatsoever.
(b) With approval, even prestige.
(c) With disdain, and some suspicion.
(d) Without the slightest hesitation.

15. How was the article received by the media?
(a) It was largely misunderstood.
(b) It received rave reviews.
(c) It was mostly ignored.
(d) It was universally panned.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to one letter writer, science has become _____________________.

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

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

4. How many Americans believe in reincarnation?

5. Who is the father of medicine?

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