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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Darwin just about to do when he set sail on the H.M.S. Beagle?
(a) Join the Socialist party in England.
(b) Become the president of an atheist organization.
(c) Become a minister.
(d) Embark on a speaking tour against religion.

2. What do psychic surgeons use to simulate their surgery?
(a) Chicken liver or goat heart.
(b) Psychic surgery is not simulated.
(c) Paid actors and special effects.
(d) A lot of confusing light.

3. 'Those in power ... have a vested interest in discouraging _____________.'
(a) Credulity.
(b) Skepticism.
(c) Demons.
(d) Alien invasion.

4. What nicknames did Rep. J. Parnell Thomas give to Dr. Edward U. Condon?
(a) The weakest link.
(b) Dr. Condom.
(c) The missing link.
(d) All of the below.

5. What is the contrail of Aurora said to look like?
(a) Pizza slices on acid.
(b) Flying saucers.
(c) Donuts on a rope.
(d) Pies on an axis.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to a 1992 Roper poll, what percentage of Americans has been abducted by aliens?

2. What percentage of students in the U.S. dislike school?

3. What is Carl Sagan in love with?

4. What disease does quinine help relieve the symptoms of?

5. What causes magnetism?

(see the answer key)

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