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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the contrail of Aurora said to look like?
(a) Pies on an axis.
(b) Pizza slices on acid.
(c) Donuts on a rope.
(d) Flying saucers.

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

3. What does the fortune-teller say to a client in Sagan's favorite cartoon?
(a) 'You have been abducted by aliens.'
(b) 'You will die soon.'
(c) 'You are very gullible.'
(d) 'You have nice hands.'

4. What does Paul the Apostle counsel us to do?
(a) 'Be credulous unto miracles.'
(b) 'Question not the word of God.'
(c) 'Have faith.'
(d) 'Prove all things.'

5. Who wrote On the Distinction Between True and False Visions?
(a) Jean Gerson.
(b) Jean Chrétien.
(c) Joan of Arc.
(d) Jean Petit.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Carl Sagan try not to think with?

2. What is the title of this chapter?

3. What percentage of students in the U.S. dislike school?

4. How many Americans believe in reincarnation?

5. What best defines 'Newton's Sleep?'

(see the answer key)

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