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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is another name for those not proficient in math?
(a) Morons.
(b) Illiterates.
(c) Uneducated.
(d) Innumerates.

3. Innumerates are more likely to believe in what?
(a) Atlantis.
(b) Absolutes.
(c) Fairies.
(d) UFOs.

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

5. The mathematician is from what country?
(a) US.
(b) India.
(c) Egypt.
(d) Greece.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what did the doctor not believe?

2. What percentage of possible fatality is almost always incorrect?

3. What item in the stadium is used as an example?

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

5. Who was a giant in psychiatry?

(see the answer key)

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