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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year was the Alien and Sedition Act created?
(a) 1942.
(b) 2002.
(c) 1812.
(d) 1798.

2. What is the key to the success of science?
(a) It is easy to teach and understand.
(b) It is popular with the masses.
(c) It has wields power through atomic weapons.
(d) It has built-in error correction.

3. What are the chances of being cured at Lourdes?
(a) One in ten.
(b) One in a million.
(c) One in a thousand.
(d) One in a hundred.

4. What does magic require from the audience?
(a) Ticket sales.
(b) Cooperation.
(c) Volunteers.
(d) Nothing.

5. What piece of technology existed in 1860?
(a) The radio.
(b) The telegraph.
(c) The television.
(d) The internal combustion engine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What phrase was coined when Carl Sagan was in high school?

2. What did John Glenn report seeing outside his spacecraft?

3. What happened to those who criticized witch-burning?

4. What tabloid carried headlines about Martian civilizations?

5. What did the Roper poll not ask?

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