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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which branch of science cannot foretell the future?
(a) Scientology.
(b) Paleontology.
(c) Ecology.
(d) Astrology.

2. What year's World Fair introduced Carl Sagan to science?
(a) 1939.
(b) 1941.
(c) 1969.
(d) 1923.

3. What must advertisers know?
(a) Human nature.
(b) How to lie.
(c) Everything about their product.
(d) Their audience.

4. What does REM stand for?
(a) Rapid Eye Movement.
(b) Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum.
(c) Restricted Effective Mass.
(d) Röntgen Equivalent Man.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What tone does Einstein use in his paper on Special Relativity?

3. Which of the following was not a codename for a military balloon?

4. At the center of which galaxy are millions of voices reportedly singing 'Glory, glory, glory to the Lord on high?'

5. What group 'powerfully influenced' Christian philosophy?

(see the answer key)

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