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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was Miles Phillips brought before the Spanish Inquisition?
(a) 1447.
(b) 1754.
(c) 1745.
(d) 1574.

2. How many of the world's scientists work at least part time for the military?
(a) Roughly half.
(b) Practically none.
(c) Almost all.
(d) Approximately a third.

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

4. What is the path to freedom?
(a) Work.
(b) Education.
(c) Money.
(d) Violence.

5. What did George Awad create?
(a) A charitable foundation to foster interest in science.
(b) A detailed model of the universe.
(c) A massive screen ten stories high that wraps around you.
(d) A gigantic representation of DNA.

Short Answer Questions

1. What can be found at the source of a cholera epidemic?

2. What do kids have an irresistible urge to do?

3. What does ACLU stand for?

4. Where did the experimental nature of science come from?

5. What does Carl Sagan work mostly with?

(see the answer key)

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