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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to P.T. Barnum, what is born every minute?
(a) A circus freak.
(b) A Republican.
(c) Five hundred chickens.
(d) A sucker.

2. What does each field of science have?
(a) Its own complement of pseudeoscience.
(b) An unsolvable dilemma that leads to superstition.
(c) Supreme knowledge in its own area.
(d) Fans and well-wishers.

3. What advantage does science have over history?
(a) Experimentation.
(b) Societal importance.
(c) A lack of bias.
(d) Objectivity.

4. At the center of which galaxy are millions of voices reportedly singing 'Glory, glory, glory to the Lord on high?'
(a) NGC 4395.
(b) Draco Dwarf.
(c) IC 10.
(d) M51.

5. What percentage of American women were sexually abused during childhood?
(a) One in four.
(b) One in twenty.
(c) One in eight.
(d) One in ten.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the motion picture, Invaders from Mars, released?

2. According to popular myth, what do Satanists do with babies?

3. What does Carl Sagan work mostly with?

4. What disease does quinine help relieve the symptoms of?

5. What do psychic surgeons use to simulate their surgery?

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