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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do religions use to validate themselves?
(a) Mythology.
(b) Witch-burning.
(c) Prophecy.
(d) Hysteria.

2. What drug was Antonin Artaud using when he saw shapes in the scenery around him?
(a) Peyote.
(b) LSD.
(c) Marijuana.
(d) Cocaine.

3. What can diminish a child's ability to understand and learn?
(a) Television.
(b) Physical abuse.
(c) Parental drug use.
(d) Poor nutrition.

4. What does Carl Sagan try not to think with?
(a) His third eye.
(b) His brain.
(c) His gut.
(d) His heart.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Darwin just about to do when he set sail on the H.M.S. Beagle?

2. What did U.S. students average on a global algebra test?

3. What does Carl Sagan say Howard Blum does not understand?

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

5. What is Carl Sagan's hometown?

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