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

2. What is CSICOP?
(a) Council for Studious Classification of Pythagoras.
(b) Committee for Simple Conversion of Pi.
(c) Committee for Scientific Claims of the Paranormal.
(d) Conclave of Scientists Clashing with Pseudoscience.

3. Paulos believes that technological advances encourage:
(a) Ignorance.
(b) Laziness.
(c) Selfishness.
(d) Apathy.

4. Paulos refers to which Italian scientist?
(a) Newton.
(b) Fermi.
(c) Galileo.
(d) Einstein.

5. Which is taught in elementary schools?
(a) Algebra.
(b) Subsets.
(c) Trigonometry.
(d) Algorithms.

Short Answer Questions

1. What restaurant is referenced?

2. Math is ________.

3. This doctor was fond of which topic?

4. What is one of the most common mistakes in math?

5. What is the name of the mathematician who sees everything in numbers?

(see the answer key)

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