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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which explorer is referenced?
(a) Cortez.
(b) Magellan.
(c) Vespucci.
(d) Columbus.

2. What is the probability of 2 people being linked by 2 intermediates?
(a) 99%.
(b) 56%.
(c) 75%.
(d) 1%.

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

4. What item of clothing is used in an example?
(a) Sock.
(b) Skirt.
(c) Shoe.
(d) Coat.

5. What is one of the most common mistakes in math?
(a) Calculating diameter.
(b) Solving word problems.
(c) Estimating probability.
(d) Remembering the value of pi.

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

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

8. Where do the two people meet?
(a) Bar.
(b) Business trip.
(c) Mall.
(d) Restaurant.

9. Where is the stadium located?
(a) Philadelphia.
(b) Pittsburgh.
(c) Chicago.
(d) New York.

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

11. Which two presidents are discussed in reference to coincidence?
(a) Adams and Jefferson.
(b) Lincoln and Kennedy.
(c) Nixon and Johnson.
(d) Washington and Cleveland.

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

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

14. What type of doctor was he?
(a) Psychoanalyst.
(b) Research Scientist.
(c) Phd in Physics.
(d) Medical doctor.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the man gauge to help his fear?

2. Paulos often has people ask him about what?

3. Which group does this coincidence often apply to?

4. Paulos believes that the theory may seem:

5. Which/whose formula is discussed?

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