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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is spoofing?
(a) Dangerous stunt piloting.
(b) Copycat UFO hoaxes.
(c) Testing enemy air defenses.
(d) A form of comedy.

2. What does Malleus Maleficarum mean?
(a) Killer of Witches.
(b) Hunting for Witches.
(c) Hammer of Witches.
(d) Witches and Warlocks.

3. Who were responsible for the original crop circles?
(a) Ridley and Koestler.
(b) Bower and Chorley.
(c) Lundberg and Andrews.
(d) Hawkins and Arthur.

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

5. Where on Mars is the 'face' located?
(a) Tharsis.
(b) Cydonia.
(c) Planum Australe.
(d) Iani Chaos.

Short Answer Questions

1. How was Francisca la Brava punished for falsely claiming to have visions?

2. What university did John Mack attend?

3. What word means 'knowledge' in Greek?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why would someone want to invent a vision of the Virgin Mary? Is it difficult to do so?

2. Describe the typical alien abduction scenario.

3. What is the story of Franz Mesmer?

4. What is the significance of hallucinations?

5. Describe the joke made by the driver.

6. What problems does Sagan describe about the 1992 Roper poll?

7. What is the story of Paul Ingram?

8. What is the connection between science and pseudoscience?

9. What is an 'error bar?'

10. What explanation does Sagan give for massive blackouts on released NSA documents?

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