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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What tone does Einstein use in his paper on Special Relativity?
(a) Authoritative.
(b) Grandiose.
(c) Florid.
(d) Restrained.

2. Whose portrait can be seen on the Uranian moon Ariel?
(a) Leon Trotsky.
(b) Jesus Christ.
(c) Bugs Bunny.
(d) Joseph Stalin.

3. What did King James refer to as the 'devil's weed?'
(a) Marijuana.
(b) Crabgrass.
(c) Tobacco.
(d) Coca.

4. What is the most popular movie rental at the time of writing?
(a) When Harry Met Sally.
(b) Dumb and Dumber.
(c) Jurassic Park.
(d) Star Wars.

5. Where on Mars is the 'face' located?
(a) Tharsis.
(b) Planum Australe.
(c) Iani Chaos.
(d) Cydonia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What tabloid carried headlines about Martian civilizations?

2. What, more than likely, was the real craft that crashed in Roswell?

3. 'It is a characteristic conceit of our species to put a human face on ____________________.'

4. What is the key to the success of science?

5. When was the motion picture, Invaders from Mars, released?

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