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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what city was the 1939 Wold Fair held?
(a) Dallas.
(b) Cincinnati.
(c) Chicago.
(d) New York.

2. What percentage of students in the U.S. dislike school?
(a) 50%.
(b) 100%.
(c) 22%.
(d) 8%.

3. When was the last execution for witchcraft in America?
(a) 1684.
(b) 1745.
(c) 1610.
(d) 1692.

4. What is taboo in all societies?
(a) Abandoning the elderly.
(b) Eating pork.
(c) Incest.
(d) Spiritualism.

5. What is there so such thing as?
(a) A stupid question.
(b) A stupid answer.
(c) A stupid person.
(d) A stupid idea.

6. What did the United States have in its early years?
(a) A serious problem with crop circles.
(b) A sprawling entertainment industry.
(c) The largest economy on the planet.
(d) One of the highest literacy rates in the world.

7. What nation is the best-entertained nation on Earth?
(a) Japan.
(b) England.
(c) The United States.
(d) France.

8. What may have been the decisive element in the Allied victory in World War II?
(a) Radar.
(b) Radio.
(c) Television.
(d) Radiation.

9. What is it impossible to tell?
(a) The time of day on Earth while standing on the moon.
(b) The whole truth and nothing but the truth.
(c) Tall tales.
(d) The difference between identical twins.

10. What did Carlos and his manager do to the host of the Australian Today Show?
(a) Throw water at him.
(b) All of the below.
(c) Put a curse on him.
(d) Leave the set of his show.

11. According to the Nation of Islam, who created white people?
(a) Ares.
(b) Asians.
(c) A mad scientist.
(d) Allah.

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

13. What does Paul the Apostle counsel us to do?
(a) 'Prove all things.'
(b) 'Question not the word of God.'
(c) 'Have faith.'
(d) 'Be credulous unto miracles.'

14. What do we do when we discourage children from science?
(a) Disenfranchise them.
(b) Disable them.
(c) Dishearten them.
(d) Destroy them.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What fields did Maxwell make enormous contributions to?

2. What is the path to freedom?

3. What is the term used for basketball players who are playing well?

4. According to Alan Cromer, why is science difficult?

5. Why is it interesting to write for Parade magazine?

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