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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3 - Pseudoscience.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Things are often misused if they are ______.
(a) Abstract.
(b) Understated.
(c) Oversimplified.
(d) Mathematical.

3. The first stranger's wife went to what kind of camp?
(a) Church.
(b) Tennis.
(c) Girl Scout.
(d) Concentration.

4. When does this occur?
(a) At noon.
(b) Anytime.
(c) -5 GMT.
(d) At birth.

5. What did Paulos dream about?
(a) Solving the world's largest word problem.
(b) Flying to the moon.
(c) Baseball.
(d) A hut on a tropical island beach.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the stadium located?

2. Which other country is mentioned?

3. Which is the false adage pointed out by Paulos?

4. Paulos believes that most people fall where in their mathematical understanding?

5. Which capital city is mentioned?

(see the answer key)

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