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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does ACLU stand for?
(a) American Coalition of Liberal Unity.
(b) After Class Let's Unite.
(c) Annotated Corporate Loss Unit.
(d) American Civil Liberties Union.

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

3. How are scientists generally portrayed on television?
(a) Mad scientists.
(b) All of the above.
(c) Morally crippled.
(d) Insensitive to the feelings of others.

4. What does Paul the Apostle counsel us to do?
(a) 'Prove all things.'
(b) 'Be credulous unto miracles.'
(c) 'Have faith.'
(d) 'Question not the word of God.'

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

6. What is the term used for basketball players who are playing well?
(a) Burning up.
(b) On fire.
(c) Hot hand.
(d) Ice cold.

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

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

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

10. What is 'soul-stuff' not made of?
(a) Mana.
(b) Ions.
(c) Matter.
(d) Energy.

11. 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.

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

13. What are Maxwell's calculations written in?
(a) Latin.
(b) Multivariable calculus.
(c) Algebraic calculus.
(d) Vector calculus.

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

15. What is Carl Sagan's hometown?
(a) Ithaca.
(b) Houston.
(c) Las Vegas.
(d) Jersey City.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the path to freedom?

2. What nation is the best-entertained nation on Earth?

3. What piece of technology existed in 1860?

4. According to Benjamin Franklin, what does every age have?

5. What did Carlos and his manager do to the host of the Australian Today Show?

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