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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Draco Dwarf.
(d) NGC 4395.

2. What tabloid carried headlines about Martian civilizations?
(a) News Today.
(b) Weekly World News.
(c) The Sun.
(d) National Enquirer.

3. How many schizophrenics are there on Earth?
(a) Under 30 million.
(b) Over 100 million.
(c) Over 50 million.
(d) Over 135 million.

4. What were Sagan's last words to his father?
(a) Sleep.
(b) Take care.
(c) Don't die.
(d) I love you.

5. How many Americans believe in reincarnation?
(a) 13%.
(b) 50%.
(c) 10%.
(d) 25%.

Short Answer Questions

1. What drug was Antonin Artaud using when he saw shapes in the scenery around him?

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

3. Whose portrait can be seen on the Uranian moon Ariel?

4. What country is Nicholas Spanos from?

5. 'It is a characteristic conceit of our species to put a human face on ____________________.'

(see the answer key)

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