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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2 - Probability and Coincidence.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one of the most misunderstood items according to Paulos?
(a) Multiplication tables.
(b) Calculators.
(c) Large numbers.
(d) Scientific notation.

2. Which of the following is not in the list of things over which people become obsessed?
(a) Synchronicity.
(b) Fate.
(c) Irony.
(d) Coincidence.

3. What did the explorer discover?
(a) Fountain of Youth.
(b) America.
(c) Spice Islands.
(d) Polio vaccine.

4. Which two presidents are discussed in reference to coincidence?
(a) Washington and Cleveland.
(b) Lincoln and Kennedy.
(c) Nixon and Johnson.
(d) Adams and Jefferson.

5. What is one of the most common mistakes in math?
(a) Estimating probability.
(b) Calculating diameter.
(c) Solving word problems.
(d) Remembering the value of pi.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the strangers live?

2. Paulos refers to which Italian scientist?

3. What number is used in the joke about the population of the city?

4. People seem to have the most trouble when dealing with what area of numbers?

5. What news professional makes common errors in predictions?

(see the answer key)

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