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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Paulos was encouraged to learn math because ____.
(a) Childhood trauma.
(b) Father was a math teacher.
(c) Wanted to learn about money.
(d) Couldn't tell time.

2. Math is ________.
(a) Concrete.
(b) Finite.
(c) Abstract.
(d) Conclusive.

3. Innumeracy is ________.
(a) Foolish.
(b) A myth.
(c) Widespread.
(d) Defunct.

4. Which book in the Bible is quoted by Paulos?
(a) Revelations.
(b) Gospel of Matthew.
(c) Genesis.
(d) 1 John.

5. Innumerates are more likely to believe in what?
(a) UFOs.
(b) Atlantis.
(c) Absolutes.
(d) Fairies.

6. According to Paulos, math has many ________.
(a) Mysteries.
(b) Inconsistencies.
(c) Certainties.
(d) Variables.

7. Which doctor was the inventor's good friend?
(a) Wellby.
(b) Freud.
(c) Oppenheimer.
(d) Jung.

8. The student mistakenly assumed that his professor believed in what?
(a) Fairies.
(b) Extraterrestrials.
(c) Magic.
(d) Love potions.

9. Which is an incorrect statement in science?
(a) Whatever.
(b) It depends.
(c) Usually.
(d) In most cases.

10. The doctor was convinced about his:
(a) Golf score.
(b) Scientific prowess.
(c) Time of death.
(d) Math skills.

11. Which is the false adage pointed out by Paulos?
(a) Time is money.
(b) Everything comes in threes.
(c) You have to win sometime.
(d) What goes around comes around.

12. What is Paulos' favorite pseudoscience?
(a) Astrology.
(b) Phrenology.
(c) Psychometry.
(d) Numerology.

13. Many people are numerate despite lack of:
(a) Education.
(b) Studying.
(c) Practicing.
(d) Private instruction.

14. Which skill is used daily?
(a) Complex division.
(b) Rounding off.
(c) Estimation.
(d) Factoring.

15. Paulos believes that elementary schools lack ______ in their curriculum?
(a) Follow through.
(b) Motivation.
(c) Informal logic.
(d) Algorithms.

Short Answer Questions

1. The city is the capital of which country?

2. What is CSICOP?

3. In elementary school, math is rarely _______.

4. Paulos likes to debunk which of the following?

5. Deciding how to buy which item might help children learn?

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