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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Carl Sagan try not to think with?
(a) His gut.
(b) His third eye.
(c) His heart.
(d) His brain.

2. Who was Stalin's rival?
(a) Karl Marx.
(b) Vladimir Lenin.
(c) Leon Trotsky.
(d) Fritz Platten.

3. Where is Paul Ingram, a man who was hypnotized and falsely recalled abusing his daughter, at the time of writing?
(a) Free after having the charges dropped.
(b) On a permanent fundamentalist retreat.
(c) In a psychiatric ward.
(d) In prison.

4. What children's game is similar to the way we pass information without reading?
(a) Monopoly.
(b) Telephone.
(c) Hopscotch.
(d) Hide-and-seek.

5. Who wrote A Candle in the Dark?
(a) John Salem.
(b) George Burroughs.
(c) Elton John.
(d) Thomas Ady.

Short Answer Questions

1. Claims that cannot be tested are _______________.

2. What does every generation worry about?

3. 'Spirit' comes from the Latin word for what?

4. What is Carl Sagan's hometown?

5. According to 1983 calculations, how much will the Earth's temperature be reduced by nuclear winter?

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