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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 news professional makes common errors in predictions?
(a) Political reporter.
(b) Anchor.
(c) Meteorologist.
(d) Science analyst.

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

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

4. What item helps mathematical illiterates understand the above theory?
(a) Multiplication.
(b) Exponents.
(c) Division.
(d) Subsets.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the inventor from?

2. Why do people notice the coincidences?

3. Paulos jokes about how many hamburgers?

4. The author believes people need to learn how to understand _______.

5. Each person knows approximately how many people?

(see the answer key)

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