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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who was Frederick Bailey?
(a) A landowner.
(b) A murderer.
(c) A police officer.
(d) A slave.
2. What is there so such thing as?
(a) A stupid idea.
(b) A stupid answer.
(c) A stupid question.
(d) A stupid person.
3. Who was Stalin's rival?
(a) Leon Trotsky.
(b) Vladimir Lenin.
(c) Fritz Platten.
(d) Karl Marx.
4. According to Benjamin Franklin, what does every age have?
(a) A special something.
(b) A tremendous time of need.
(c) More wisdom than the last.
(d) A peculiar folly.
5. When was Miles Phillips brought before the Spanish Inquisition?
(a) 1574.
(b) 1754.
(c) 1447.
(d) 1745.
6. What advantage does science have over history?
(a) A lack of bias.
(b) Experimentation.
(c) Societal importance.
(d) Objectivity.
7. How are scientists generally portrayed on television?
(a) Insensitive to the feelings of others.
(b) Mad scientists.
(c) Morally crippled.
(d) All of the above.
8. What did Carlos and his manager do to the host of the Australian Today Show?
(a) All of the below.
(b) Throw water at him.
(c) Leave the set of his show.
(d) Put a curse on him.
9. What did U.S. students average on a global algebra test?
(a) 99%.
(b) 78%.
(c) 4%.
(d) 43%.
10. What may have been the decisive element in the Allied victory in World War II?
(a) Radiation.
(b) Television.
(c) Radio.
(d) Radar.
11. What is the path to freedom?
(a) Money.
(b) Education.
(c) Violence.
(d) Work.
12. According to 1983 calculations, how much will the Earth's temperature be reduced by nuclear winter?
(a) 10-15 degrees F.
(b) 15-20 degrees C.
(c) 15-20 degrees F.
(d) 10-15 degrees C.
13. Who was the scientific director of the Manhattan project?
(a) Harry S. Truman.
(b) J. Robert Oppenheimer.
(c) Albert Einstein.
(d) Franklin D. Roosevelt.
14. What other use for nuclear weapons was suggested by Edward Teller?
(a) Home heating.
(b) Fireworks displays.
(c) Cooking.
(d) Construction.
15. Where did the experimental nature of science come from?
(a) India.
(b) China.
(c) Ancient Greece.
(d) The Aztecs.
Short Answer Questions
1. How long did it take for history to pass from god-driven to human-driven?
2. In a year, how many school days are there in Japan compared to the 180 of the United States?
3. According to Sagan, what is the skeptical movement's main weakness?
4. What can diminish a child's ability to understand and learn?
5. What hunting people lives in the Kalahari desert?
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