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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Carl see in a brooding storm cloud near Fiji?
(a) A brooding storm.
(b) An apocalyptic vision.
(c) The Virgin Mary.
(d) A terrifying monster.

2. What was Carl Sagan a member of?
(a) The U.S. Navy Astronomers Association.
(b) The U.S. Army UFO Investigation Team.
(c) The U.S. Air Force Scientific Advisory Board.
(d) The U.S. Government Skeptics Council.

3. How many UFO reports have there been since 1947?
(a) Over a million.
(b) Six hundred and twenty thousand.
(c) Seventeen.
(d) Approximately half a million.

4. What does Carl Sagan say Howard Blum does not understand?
(a) Patterns.
(b) Basic science and physics.
(c) Secrecy culture.
(d) His own obsession with UFOs.

5. What is spoofing?
(a) Copycat UFO hoaxes.
(b) Dangerous stunt piloting.
(c) Testing enemy air defenses.
(d) A form of comedy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is at the core of the Earth?

2. What does not sell well?

3. What is Congress dissolving as Carl writes this book?

4. What percentage of Americans are "scientifically illiterate?"

5. What was first observed on Mars in 1877?

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