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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 'Those in power ... have a vested interest in discouraging _____________.'
(a) Demons.
(b) Skepticism.
(c) Credulity.
(d) Alien invasion.

2. What is Carl Sagan in love with?
(a) Money.
(b) Science.
(c) Power.
(d) His mistress.

3. What tone does Einstein use in his paper on Special Relativity?
(a) Florid.
(b) Grandiose.
(c) Authoritative.
(d) Restrained.

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

5. What percentage of Americans are "scientifically illiterate?"
(a) 42%.
(b) 50%.
(c) 95%.
(d) 88%.

Short Answer Questions

1. What phrase was coined when Carl Sagan was in high school?

2. What was first observed on Mars in 1877?

3. What is the driver's name?

4. What did the Roper poll not ask?

5. How many of the world's scientists work at least part time for the military?

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