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

2. Each person knows approximately how many people?
(a) 1,000.
(b) 1,800.
(c) 2,000.
(d) 1,500.

3. What is the probability of 2 people being linked by 2 intermediates?
(a) 75%.
(b) 56%.
(c) 99%.
(d) 1%.

4. Where do the strangers live?
(a) California.
(b) Opposite sides of the country.
(c) Equator.
(d) New York.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. People seem to have the most trouble when dealing with what area of numbers?

2. What item in the structure is referenced?

3. What theory states that any number, no matter how large, can be achieved by adding smaller numbers together?

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

5. In what year was the discovery made?

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