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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long did it take for history to pass from god-driven to human-driven?
(a) Just a few decades.
(b) A few hundred years.
(c) One hundred thousand years or more.
(d) A couple thousand years.

2. What is at the core of the Earth?
(a) Atomic fire.
(b) A perfect crystal.
(c) Aliens.
(d) Molten rock.

3. What is the new name for Constantinople?
(a) Istanbul.
(b) Damascus.
(c) Ankara.
(d) Rome.

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

5. What, according to Carl Sagan, is a national obsession in Britain?
(a) Psychic surgery.
(b) Earth rays.
(c) The economy.
(d) Ghosts.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the Nation of Islam, who created white people?

2. What was Edward Teller an advocate of?

3. 'It is certainly true that all beliefs and myths are worthy of a ___________________.'

4. What does each field of science have?

5. According to one letter writer, science has become _____________________.

(see the answer key)

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