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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is the most popular movie rental at the time of writing?
(a) Star Wars.
(b) Jurassic Park.
(c) When Harry Met Sally.
(d) Dumb and Dumber.
2. What did King James refer to as the 'devil's weed?'
(a) Marijuana.
(b) Crabgrass.
(c) Tobacco.
(d) Coca.
3. According to one critic, what is James Randi obsessed with?
(a) Exposing fruad.
(b) Money.
(c) Reality.
(d) Magic.
4. What phrase was coined when Carl Sagan was in high school?
(a) 'Death ray.'
(b) 'Alien abduction.'
(c) 'Flying saucer.'
(d) 'UFO.'
5. How many UFO reports have there been since 1947?
(a) Seventeen.
(b) Approximately half a million.
(c) Over a million.
(d) Six hundred and twenty thousand.
Short Answer Questions
1. What country is Nicholas Spanos from?
2. What year's World Fair introduced Carl Sagan to science?
3. 'Spirit' comes from the Latin word for what?
4. What does Carl Sagan work mostly with?
5. Claims that cannot be tested are _______________.
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