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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Carl Sagan work mostly with?
(a) Planets.
(b) Economics.
(c) Weather.
(d) Physics.

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

3. What type of rewards are there in becoming an 'alien abudctee?'
(a) Financial rewards.
(b) Fame and attention.
(c) Psychic rewards.
(d) All of the below.

4. What is the most popular movie rental at the time of writing?
(a) Jurassic Park.
(b) Star Wars.
(c) Dumb and Dumber.
(d) When Harry Met Sally.

5. Who is the father of medicine?
(a) Plato.
(b) Hippocrates.
(c) Aristotle.
(d) Socrates.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Humans are more closely related to chimpanzees than _____________________.

4. What happened to those who criticized witch-burning?

5. What was first observed on Mars in 1877?

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