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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Darwin just about to do when he set sail on the H.M.S. Beagle?
(a) Become a minister.
(b) Join the Socialist party in England.
(c) Embark on a speaking tour against religion.
(d) Become the president of an atheist organization.

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

3. Why has quantum mechanics not been popularized?
(a) It is very difficult for ordinary people to understand.
(b) It is excruciatingly boring.
(c) Quantum mechanics has been popularized, and it is very popular.
(d) Its implications are unsettling.

4. What percentage of people has experienced a vivid hallucination?
(a) 10-25%.
(b) 30-40%.
(c) 5-9%.
(d) Approximately 50%.

5. 'It is a characteristic conceit of our species to put a human face on ____________________.'
(a) Random cosmic violence.
(b) Linear chaotic elements.
(c) Assorted dimensional rifts.
(d) Various interplanetary travels.

Short Answer Questions

1. What must advertisers know?

2. Where is Paul Ingram, a man who was hypnotized and falsely recalled abusing his daughter, at the time of writing?

3. What did John Glenn report seeing outside his spacecraft?

4. How many people suffer kidney failure from the use of painkillers?

5. What does each field of science have?

(see the answer key)

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