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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who made one of the most important and yet simple mathematical discoveries?
(a) Archimedes.
(b) Freud.
(c) Newton.
(d) Paulos.

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

4. Why do people notice the coincidences?
(a) Focus on wins.
(b) Look for patterns.
(c) Someone points them out.
(d) Focus on bad things.

5. What is the probability of people being directly linked?
(a) 10%.
(b) 1%.
(c) 99%.
(d) 25%.

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

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

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

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

10. What theory states that any number, no matter how large, can be achieved by adding smaller numbers together?
(a) Euclid's Law.
(b) Theory of Relativity.
(c) The Archimedes Principle.
(d) Pythagorean Theorem.

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

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

13. What did the Italian scientist discover?
(a) Atom.
(b) Pluto.
(c) Bubonic plague.
(d) Combustible fuel.

14. Which/whose formula is discussed?
(a) Newton.
(b) Theory of Relativity.
(c) Pythagorean Theorem.
(d) Poisson.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What percentage of rain is referenced?

2. Which phrase is often used incorrectly?

3. Notation makes more sense than?

4. When is the rain supposedly going to take place?

5. This doctor was fond of which topic?

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