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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What country is Nicholas Spanos from?
(a) Spain.
(b) England.
(c) Canada.
(d) America.

2. Who is the father of medicine?
(a) Hippocrates.
(b) Socrates.
(c) Aristotle.
(d) Plato.

3. How is the name 'Spee' pronounced?
(a) Su-peh.
(b) Spea.
(c) Shpay.
(d) Phee.

4. Where did the experimental nature of science come from?
(a) Ancient Greece.
(b) China.
(c) India.
(d) The Aztecs.

5. What belief does Carl Sagan think is absurd?
(a) That humans are the only intelligent form of life in the Universe.
(b) That the Universe is not infinite.
(c) That we are not alone in the Universe.
(d) That God does not exist.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1993, how many of the people of China, as in America, knew the Earth went around the sun once a year?

2. What year's World Fair introduced Carl Sagan to science?

3. How are scientists generally portrayed on television?

4. Ronald Reagan confused reality with the plot from which movie?

5. Why is it interesting to write for Parade magazine?

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