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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do people notice the coincidences?
(a) Focus on bad things.
(b) Look for patterns.
(c) Someone points them out.
(d) Focus on wins.

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

3. What would make math easier for people?
(a) Making it personal.
(b) Giving everyone a calculator.
(c) Destroying all calculators.
(d) Spelling it out.

4. Which explorer is referenced?
(a) Columbus.
(b) Magellan.
(c) Vespucci.
(d) Cortez.

5. What is the man afraid of?
(a) Heights.
(b) Bomb.
(c) Crash.
(d) Snake.

6. In what year was the discovery made?
(a) 1394.
(b) 1681.
(c) 1537.
(d) 1492.

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

8. What restaurant is referenced?
(a) Four Seasons.
(b) Savoy.
(c) Taco Bell.
(d) McDonalds.

9. What is the name of the expert in this chapter?
(a) Euclid.
(b) Paulos.
(c) Pythagoras.
(d) Newton.

10. In what year did the Italian scientist make this discovery?
(a) 1349.
(b) 1942.
(c) 1618.
(d) 1573.

11. What is the probability of people being directly linked?
(a) 10%.
(b) 1%.
(c) 25%.
(d) 99%.

12. What item of clothing is used in an example?
(a) Skirt.
(b) Sock.
(c) Shoe.
(d) Coat.

13. What does the man carry to help with the problem?
(a) Parachute.
(b) Bomb.
(c) Thermometer.
(d) Gum.

14. Where do the strangers live?
(a) Opposite sides of the country.
(b) California.
(c) New York.
(d) Equator.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What common structure is used in the comparison?

3. What news professional makes common errors in predictions?

4. What theory states that any number, no matter how large, can be achieved by adding smaller numbers together?

5. Paulos believes that most people fall where in their mathematical understanding?

(see the answer keys)

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