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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 about coincidence makes it the most noticeable among events?
(a) Fear.
(b) Focus.
(c) Superstition.
(d) Research.

2. What word does the author use to describe mathematical errors?
(a) Nonsensical.
(b) Irritating.
(c) Egregious.
(d) Erroneous.

3. What great writer is mentioned in this chapter?
(a) Eliot.
(b) Shakespeare.
(c) Woolf.
(d) Dickens.

4. What stadium is referenced?
(a) Three Rivers Stadium.
(b) Wrigley Field.
(c) Veteran's Stadium.
(d) Yankee Stadium.

5. In what year was the discovery made?
(a) 1394.
(b) 1681.
(c) 1537.
(d) 1492.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one of the most misunderstood items according to Paulos?

2. Paulos believes that the theory may seem:

3. What is stronger than gravity?

4. What item of clothing is used in an example?

5. What did the invention reveal?

(see the answer key)

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