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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Paulos likes to debunk which of the following?
(a) Religion.
(b) Abstract thinking.
(c) Evolution.
(d) Astrology.

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

3. What type of academic would most likely cringe over a misused word?
(a) Philologist.
(b) Garanimal.
(c) Grammarian.
(d) Philatilist.

4. Which explorer is referenced?
(a) Columbus.
(b) Magellan.
(c) Cortez.
(d) Vespucci.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which is an example of a coincidence?

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

3. Which of the following is not in the list of things over which people become obsessed?

4. The city is the capital of which country?

5. What is the probability of 2 people being linked by 2 intermediates?

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