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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What, according to Carl Sagan, is a national obsession in Britain?
(a) Earth rays.
(b) Ghosts.
(c) Psychic surgery.
(d) The economy.

2. What was first observed on Mars in 1877?
(a) Martians.
(b) Cities.
(c) Canals.
(d) A face.

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

4. What does the NSA do?
(a) Reads the world's mail.
(b) Catches drug dealers.
(c) Sends satellites into space.
(d) Assassinates world leaders.

5. What is Congress dissolving as Carl writes this book?
(a) The Office of Technology Assessment.
(b) The National Board of Science.
(c) The Council for Scientific Awareness.
(d) The Department of Agriculture.

Short Answer Questions

1. What drug was Antonin Artaud using when he saw shapes in the scenery around him?

2. What is the contrail of Aurora said to look like?

3. What does REM stand for?

4. What must advertisers know?

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

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