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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many outfits can be created according to Paulos?
(a) 3.
(b) 9.
(c) 12.
(d) 6.

3. What is the man afraid of?
(a) Bomb.
(b) Snake.
(c) Crash.
(d) Heights.

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

5. How many bricks are in the wall?
(a) 10,000.
(b) 5,000.
(c) 8,000.
(d) 20,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. What city is mentioned in one of the examples?

2. What item in the stadium is used as an example?

3. What type of doctor was he?

4. Which/whose formula is discussed?

5. What percentage of rain is referenced?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does the author believe most people fit in?

2. The author believes that people are often obsessed by what topics?

3. Why does Paulos argue about the existence of coincidences?

4. What is Paulos' suggestion for making math more understandable to the general public?

5. What is the example used to separate numerates from innumerates?

6. Why do people tend to be fascinated by coincidences?

7. Who was the mathematician responsible for discovering one of the most important discoveries?

8. What do doctors often do that is mathematically incorrect?

9. Discuss the first of the most famous examples of coincidence.

10. Examine the first story told by Paulos in this chapter.

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