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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who sets limits on human ingenuity?
(a) Governments.
(b) Nature.
(c) Scientists.
(d) God.

3. What does Malleus Maleficarum mean?
(a) Killer of Witches.
(b) Witches and Warlocks.
(c) Hunting for Witches.
(d) Hammer of Witches.

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

5. What best defines 'Newton's Sleep?'
(a) The death of Newton.
(b) Tunnel vision.
(c) Intellectual laziness.
(d) None of the above.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does SDI stand for?

2. What were Sagan's last words to his father?

3. What did King James refer to as the 'devil's weed?'

4. What phrase does Robert Anton Wilson use to describe skeptics?

5. What is 'soul-stuff' not made of?

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