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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What fields did Maxwell make enormous contributions to?
(a) Mechanical engineering.
(b) Chemistry and astrology.
(c) Biology and quantum physics.
(d) Astronomy and physics.

2. What advantage does science have over history?
(a) Objectivity.
(b) Experimentation.
(c) Societal importance.
(d) A lack of bias.

3. Why is it interesting to write for Parade magazine?
(a) The paycheck.
(b) The feedback.
(c) The assignments.
(d) It is not interesting to write for Parade magazine at all.

4. What other use for nuclear weapons was suggested by Edward Teller?
(a) Fireworks displays.
(b) Cooking.
(c) Construction.
(d) Home heating.

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

6. According to the Nation of Islam, who created white people?
(a) Asians.
(b) Allah.
(c) Ares.
(d) A mad scientist.

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

8. What was Edward Teller an advocate of?
(a) Racist policies.
(b) Nuclear disarmament.
(c) The Super.
(d) Nazi Germany.

9. What do we do when we discourage children from science?
(a) Destroy them.
(b) Disenfranchise them.
(c) Disable them.
(d) Dishearten them.

10. What is there so such thing as?
(a) A stupid answer.
(b) A stupid person.
(c) A stupid question.
(d) A stupid idea.

11. Who is Shirley MacLaine?
(a) A film producer and actress.
(b) A New Age guru and actress.
(c) A skeptic and actress.
(d) A scientist and actress.

12. When was the last execution for witchcraft in America?
(a) 1692.
(b) 1745.
(c) 1610.
(d) 1684.

13. What can diminish a child's ability to understand and learn?
(a) Physical abuse.
(b) Television.
(c) Poor nutrition.
(d) Parental drug use.

14. According to one critic, what is James Randi obsessed with?
(a) Reality.
(b) Exposing fruad.
(c) Money.
(d) Magic.

15. In a year, how many school days are there in Japan compared to the 180 of the United States?
(a) 230.
(b) 301.
(c) 365.
(d) 243.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the chances of being cured at Lourdes?

2. What children's game is similar to the way we pass information without reading?

3. What causes magnetism?

4. How could James Clerk Maxwell be described as?

5. What does Paul the Apostle counsel us to do?

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