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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4 - Whence Innumeracy?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is often caused by childhood trauma?
(a) Phobias.
(b) Math anxiety.
(c) Educational blocks.
(d) Rashes.

2. The author mentions sagas from which country?
(a) Norway.
(b) Iceland.
(c) Greece.
(d) Sweden.

3. In what did the doctor not believe?
(a) Vaccines.
(b) Coincidences.
(c) Surgery.
(d) Phobias.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is often used to explain non-science?

2. What is the term for knowing something before it happens?

3. Who is the first doctor mentioned?

4. This doctor was fond of which topic?

5. Which is related to pseudoscience?

(see the answer key)

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