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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which phrase is often used incorrectly?
(a) Play more and win more.
(b) It's a small world.
(c) A fool and his money are soon parted
(d) Haste makes waste.

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

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

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

5. Which group does this coincidence often apply to?
(a) Gamblers.
(b) Children.
(c) Seniors.
(d) Taxi drivers.

6. What is Paulos' forte?
(a) Explaining coincidences.
(b) Creating word problems.
(c) Solving riddles.
(d) Devising new calculating systems.

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

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

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

10. Paulos believes that most people fall where in their mathematical understanding?
(a) Lower quadrant.
(b) Top 10%.
(c) Bottom 10%.
(d) Middle.

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

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

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

14. The mathematician is from what country?
(a) India.
(b) Egypt.
(c) US.
(d) Greece.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. This doctor was fond of which topic?

2. Which explorer is referenced?

3. What number is used in the joke about the population of the city?

4. Notation makes more sense than?

5. What percentage of rain is referenced?

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