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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In what year did the Italian scientist make this discovery?
(a) 1349.
(b) 1573.
(c) 1618.
(d) 1942.

3. Which is the false adage pointed out by Paulos?
(a) Time is money.
(b) Everything comes in threes.
(c) What goes around comes around.
(d) You have to win sometime.

4. Which is an example of a coincidence?
(a) Being hired for a new job.
(b) Finding a good parking spot.
(c) Winning streak.
(d) Finding a penny on the sidewalk.

5. What do people often use to rationalize things?
(a) Escape clause.
(b) Reverse logic.
(c) Psychoanalysis.
(d) Back talk.

Short Answer Questions

1. What would make math easier for people?

2. Which explorer is referenced?

3. What did the doctor invent?

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

5. Where was the inventor from?

(see the answer key)

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