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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 another name for those not proficient in math?
(a) Morons.
(b) Innumerates.
(c) Illiterates.
(d) Uneducated.

2. What stadium is referenced?
(a) Wrigley Field.
(b) Veteran's Stadium.
(c) Three Rivers Stadium.
(d) Yankee Stadium.

3. This doctor was fond of which topic?
(a) Vaccines.
(b) Airplanes.
(c) Synchronicity.
(d) Fate.

4. Notation makes more sense than?
(a) Calculations.
(b) Diagrams.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Words.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the man afraid of?

2. What city is mentioned in one of the examples?

3. What professional often makes major errors in calculating percentages?

4. Which explorer is referenced?

5. The author believes people need to learn how to understand _______.

(see the answer key)

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