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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one of the most misunderstood items according to Paulos?
(a) Calculators.
(b) Large numbers.
(c) Scientific notation.
(d) Multiplication tables.

2. Paulos jokes about how many hamburgers?
(a) 800.
(b) 9.
(c) 120.
(d) 300.

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

4. What restaurant is referenced?
(a) Savoy.
(b) McDonalds.
(c) Taco Bell.
(d) Four Seasons.

5. What does the man carry to help with the problem?
(a) Parachute.
(b) Thermometer.
(c) Gum.
(d) Bomb.

6. What city is mentioned in one of the examples?
(a) London.
(b) New York.
(c) Paris.
(d) Munich.

7. What word does the author use to describe mathematical errors?
(a) Erroneous.
(b) Egregious.
(c) Irritating.
(d) Nonsensical.

8. When is the rain supposedly going to take place?
(a) Friday.
(b) Wednesday.
(c) Monday.
(d) Weekend.

9. What percentage of possible fatality is almost always incorrect?
(a) 1%.
(b) 25%.
(c) 99%.
(d) 50%.

10. What makes Paulos crazy about major math mistakes.
(a) People don't notice.
(b) No one corrects the offender.
(c) No one cares.
(d) It is accepted.

11. Which of the following is not in the list of things over which people become obsessed?
(a) Fate.
(b) Coincidence.
(c) Irony.
(d) Synchronicity.

12. The author believes people need to learn how to understand _______.
(a) Large numbers.
(b) Geometry.
(c) Higher math concepts.
(d) Algebra.

13. What is the name of the expert in this chapter?
(a) Newton.
(b) Pythagoras.
(c) Euclid.
(d) Paulos.

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

15. What did the explorer discover?
(a) Spice Islands.
(b) Polio vaccine.
(c) Fountain of Youth.
(d) America.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which two presidents are discussed in reference to coincidence?

2. Which is an example of a coincidence?

3. Where is the stadium located?

4. What is the man afraid of?

5. Paulos denies that the personality is closely tied to which of the following?

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