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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the United States have in its early years?
(a) The largest economy on the planet.
(b) A serious problem with crop circles.
(c) A sprawling entertainment industry.
(d) One of the highest literacy rates in the world.

2. What did Carlos and his manager do to the host of the Australian Today Show?
(a) Leave the set of his show.
(b) Put a curse on him.
(c) Throw water at him.
(d) All of the below.

3. Who was the scientific director of the Manhattan project?
(a) Albert Einstein.
(b) Harry S. Truman.
(c) J. Robert Oppenheimer.
(d) Franklin D. Roosevelt.

4. What nation exploded the first hydrogen bomb?
(a) The United States of America.
(b) France.
(c) Great Britain.
(d) The Soviet Union.

5. Who was Stalin's rival?
(a) Vladimir Lenin.
(b) Leon Trotsky.
(c) Fritz Platten.
(d) Karl Marx.

6. 'It is certainly true that all beliefs and myths are worthy of a ___________________.'
(a) Head shake.
(b) Severe intellectual drubbing.
(c) Dumpster.
(d) Respectful hearing.

7. Who was Frederick Bailey?
(a) A slave.
(b) A murderer.
(c) A landowner.
(d) A police officer.

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

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

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

11. What do kids have an irresistible urge to do?
(a) Smell.
(b) Touch.
(c) Learn.
(d) Taste.

12. What may have been the decisive element in the Allied victory in World War II?
(a) Radar.
(b) Radio.
(c) Television.
(d) Radiation.

13. What does SDI stand for?
(a) Star Destroyer Interdictor.
(b) Solar Density Inhibitor.
(c) Strategic Defense Initiative.
(d) Stealth Death Initiator.

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

15. What do chimps insert reeds into in order to get protein?
(a) Grub burrows.
(b) BBQ pits.
(c) Bee hives.
(d) Termite mounds.

Short Answer Questions

1. In a year, how many school days are there in Japan compared to the 180 of the United States?

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

3. In what city was the 1939 Wold Fair held?

4. What does ACLU stand for?

5. When was Miles Phillips brought before the Spanish Inquisition?

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