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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4 - Whence Innumeracy?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which other country is mentioned?
(a) Norway.
(b) Greenland.
(c) Sweden.
(d) Canada.

2. Who is the first doctor mentioned?
(a) Salk.
(b) Freud.
(c) Einstein.
(d) Jung.

3. Many people are numerate despite lack of:
(a) Practicing.
(b) Education.
(c) Private instruction.
(d) Studying.

4. What did the invention reveal?
(a) Internal sleep clock.
(b) Human periodic cycles.
(c) How to cure phobias.
(d) How to calculate time zones.

5. What would make math easier for people?
(a) Giving everyone a calculator.
(b) Destroying all calculators.
(c) Spelling it out.
(d) Making it personal.

Short Answer Questions

1. Paulos believes that the theory may seem:

2. What is Paulos' forte?

3. Where do the two people meet?

4. Paulos jokes about how many hamburgers?

5. Innumeracy is ________.

(see the answer key)

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