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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. Paulos denies that the personality is closely tied to which of the following?
(a) Nationality.
(b) Height.
(c) Zodiac.
(d) Nature.

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

3. What is the name of the mathematician who sees everything in numbers?
(a) Ramanujan.
(b) Paulos.
(c) Aristotle.
(d) Euclid.

4. What did Paulos dream about?
(a) Flying to the moon.
(b) Baseball.
(c) Solving the world's largest word problem.
(d) A hut on a tropical island beach.

5. Who was a giant in psychiatry?
(a) Koop.
(b) Salk.
(c) Curie.
(d) Jung.

Short Answer Questions

1. The city is the capital of which country?

2. Which group does this coincidence often apply to?

3. What does the man carry to help with the problem?

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

5. Paulos states that some people believe _______.

(see the answer key)

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