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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4 - Whence Innumeracy?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do people often use to rationalize things?
(a) Psychoanalysis.
(b) Back talk.
(c) Reverse logic.
(d) Escape clause.

2. What did the doctor invent?
(a) Slide rule.
(b) Poisson's Formula.
(c) The rat's maze.
(d) Biorhythmic analysis.

3. Paulos states that some people believe _______.
(a) Calculators rule the world.
(b) Math is incomprehensible.
(c) No one cares how to calculate tax.
(d) 1 and 1 do not equal 2.

4. Which is not one of the algorithms mentioned?
(a) Exponents.
(b) Fractions.
(c) Subtraction.
(d) Addition.

5. What is often caused by childhood trauma?
(a) Educational blocks.
(b) Rashes.
(c) Math anxiety.
(d) Phobias.

Short Answer Questions

1. Teaching which skill is helpful?

2. What did Paulos dream about?

3. Which two presidents are discussed in reference to coincidence?

4. What is the probability of 2 people being linked by 2 intermediates?

5. What is the probability of people being directly linked?

(see the answer key)

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