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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What can diminish a child's ability to understand and learn?
(a) Parental drug use.
(b) Poor nutrition.
(c) Physical abuse.
(d) Television.

2. What is 'soul-stuff' not made of?
(a) Mana.
(b) Matter.
(c) Ions.
(d) Energy.

3. What nation exploded the first hydrogen bomb?
(a) France.
(b) The Soviet Union.
(c) Great Britain.
(d) The United States of America.

4. What piece of technology existed in 1860?
(a) The telegraph.
(b) The internal combustion engine.
(c) The radio.
(d) The television.

5. How did Albert Einstein describe Linus Pauling?
(a) A 'real genius.'
(b) A 'real jerk.'
(c) A 'real friend.'
(d) A 'real pain.'

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

7. According to 1983 calculations, how much will the Earth's temperature be reduced by nuclear winter?
(a) 15-20 degrees C.
(b) 15-20 degrees F.
(c) 10-15 degrees C.
(d) 10-15 degrees F.

8. How long did it take for history to pass from god-driven to human-driven?
(a) A few hundred years.
(b) Just a few decades.
(c) A couple thousand years.
(d) One hundred thousand years or more.

9. According to one critic, what is James Randi obsessed with?
(a) Magic.
(b) Reality.
(c) Exposing fruad.
(d) Money.

10. How is the name 'Spee' pronounced?
(a) Shpay.
(b) Phee.
(c) Spea.
(d) Su-peh.

11. What did U.S. students average on a global algebra test?
(a) 99%.
(b) 4%.
(c) 78%.
(d) 43%.

12. In 1993, how many of the people of China, as in America, knew the Earth went around the sun once a year?
(a) Nearly everyone.
(b) Approximately two quarters.
(c) No more than half.
(d) No less than a third.

13. According to Sagan, what is the skeptical movement's main weakness?
(a) Conceitedness.
(b) An 'US vs. Them' idea.
(c) A lack of understanding of popular media and human nature.
(d) A small membership.

14. How could James Clerk Maxwell be described as?
(a) A nerd.
(b) All of the above.
(c) Ugly.
(d) A stylish dresser.

15. What does SDI stand for?
(a) Solar Density Inhibitor.
(b) Stealth Death Initiator.
(c) Star Destroyer Interdictor.
(d) Strategic Defense Initiative.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was the Alien and Sedition Act created?

2. Who sets limits on human ingenuity?

3. What is Carl Sagan's hometown?

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

5. What may have been the decisive element in the Allied victory in World War II?

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