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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. Where did the experimental nature of science come from?
(a) India.
(b) China.
(c) The Aztecs.
(d) Ancient Greece.

2. What does the Bible condone?
(a) Witchcraft.
(b) Slavery.
(c) Heresy.
(d) Murder.

3. What disease does quinine help relieve the symptoms of?
(a) Diabetes.
(b) Malaria.
(c) Influenza.
(d) Dengue fever.

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

5. What can diminish a child's ability to understand and learn?
(a) Television.
(b) Poor nutrition.
(c) Physical abuse.
(d) Parental drug use.

Short Answer Questions

1. What phrase does Robert Anton Wilson use to describe skeptics?

2. Who do not know enough not to ask important questions?

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

4. What are Maxwell's calculations written in?

5. What nation exploded the first hydrogen bomb?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the story of Carlos?

2. According to Sagan, why do we stereotype?

3. What is Carl Sagan's favorite sport? Why?

4. What great responsibility does science have?

5. What happens to students between kindergarten and graduating high school?

6. Describe the accomplishments of Linus Pauling.

7. How is the baloney detection kit used in this chapter?

8. Describe the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798.

9. What advantage does the idea of the afterlife give a society?

10. How does Sagan explain the conflict between our material being and the perceived spiritual world?

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