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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Darwin just about to do when he set sail on the H.M.S. Beagle?
(a) Become a minister.
(b) Embark on a speaking tour against religion.
(c) Become the president of an atheist organization.
(d) Join the Socialist party in England.

2. What did the Roper poll not ask?
(a) Why the respondents believe in aliens.
(b) Whether or not the respondents had actually been abducted.
(c) What they thought the purpose of the abductions is.
(d) Whether or not the respondents have a history of mental illness.

3. What does SDI stand for?
(a) Strategic Defense Initiative.
(b) Stealth Death Initiator.
(c) Solar Density Inhibitor.
(d) Star Destroyer Interdictor.

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

5. According to 1983 calculations, how much will the Earth's temperature be reduced by nuclear winter?
(a) 15-20 degrees F.
(b) 15-20 degrees C.
(c) 10-15 degrees C.
(d) 10-15 degrees F.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who were responsible for the original crop circles?

2. What did Carlos and his manager do to the host of the Australian Today Show?

3. What type of tone was missed by the video cassette reviewer?

4. What does Carl Sagan work mostly with?

5. What did George Awad create?

(see the answer key)

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