View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where on Mars is the 'face' located?
(a) Planum Australe.
(b) Tharsis.
(c) Cydonia.
(d) Iani Chaos.

3. When did a flying saucer allegedly crash in Roswell, New Mexico?
(a) 1962.
(b) 1947.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1955.

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

5. What is one of the 'great commandments of science?'
(a) 'Authority is where funding comes from.'
(b) 'Use science to destroy authority.'
(c) 'Trust authority to know best.'
(d) 'Mistrust arguments from authority.'

Short Answer Questions

1. Which religion denies germ theory?

2. What does the driver believe in?

3. What was first observed on Mars in 1877?

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

5. What, according to Carl Sagan, is a national obsession in Britain?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 182 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample