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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose portrait can be seen on the Uranian moon Ariel?
(a) Joseph Stalin.
(b) Jesus Christ.
(c) Bugs Bunny.
(d) Leon Trotsky.

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

3. What university did John Mack attend?
(a) Princeton.
(b) Yale.
(c) Harvard.
(d) Oxford.

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

5. 'It is certainly true that all beliefs and myths are worthy of a ___________________.'
(a) Severe intellectual drubbing.
(b) Dumpster.
(c) Head shake.
(d) Respectful hearing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What percentage of American women were sexually abused during childhood?

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

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

4. What nicknames did Rep. J. Parnell Thomas give to Dr. Edward U. Condon?

5. What country is Nicholas Spanos from?

(see the answer key)

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