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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2 - Probability and Coincidence.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What city is mentioned in one of the examples?
(a) Munich.
(b) London.
(c) New York.
(d) Paris.

2. What is one of the most misunderstood items according to Paulos?
(a) Scientific notation.
(b) Large numbers.
(c) Calculators.
(d) Multiplication tables.

3. Notation makes more sense than?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Words.
(c) Diagrams.
(d) Calculations.

4. This doctor was fond of which topic?
(a) Synchronicity.
(b) Airplanes.
(c) Fate.
(d) Vaccines.

5. What is Paulos' forte?
(a) Creating word problems.
(b) Explaining coincidences.
(c) Solving riddles.
(d) Devising new calculating systems.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of doctor was he?

2. What is the name of the mathematician who sees everything in numbers?

3. Why do people notice the coincidences?

4. In what year was the discovery made?

5. What did the Italian scientist discover?

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