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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why has quantum mechanics not been popularized?
(a) Its implications are unsettling.
(b) Quantum mechanics has been popularized, and it is very popular.
(c) It is very difficult for ordinary people to understand.
(d) It is excruciatingly boring.

2. Humans are more closely related to chimpanzees than _____________________.
(a) Rats are to mice.
(b) Dolphins are to whales.
(c) Dogs are to wolves.
(d) Spiders are to scorpions.

3. 'It is a characteristic conceit of our species to put a human face on ____________________.'
(a) Linear chaotic elements.
(b) Assorted dimensional rifts.
(c) Random cosmic violence.
(d) Various interplanetary travels.

4. Around what time did the attitude of the Church change towards visions?
(a) In the approximate middle of the fourteenth century.
(b) The church's attitude towards visions has never changed.
(c) Around the beginning of the fifteenth century.
(d) Around the end of the seventeenth century.

5. When was the motion picture, Invaders from Mars, released?
(a) 1954.
(b) 1951.
(c) 1952.
(d) 1953.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did crop circles originate from?

2. Claims that cannot be tested are _______________.

3. According to one critic, what is James Randi obsessed with?

4. What percentage of American women were sexually abused during childhood?

5. According to Sagan, what is the skeptical movement's main weakness?

(see the answer key)

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