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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What can be found at the source of a cholera epidemic?
(a) Poor refrigeration.
(b) Terrorism.
(c) Rats.
(d) Open sewers.

4. How did Albert Einstein describe Linus Pauling?
(a) A 'real jerk.'
(b) A 'real pain.'
(c) A 'real friend.'
(d) A 'real genius.'

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

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

7. What is CSICOP?
(a) A support organization for wounded cops.
(b) A skeptic's organization.
(c) A secret government program to create a robot police officer.
(d) A group of UFO enthusiasts.

8. According to Sagan, what is the skeptical movement's main weakness?
(a) A lack of understanding of popular media and human nature.
(b) A small membership.
(c) An 'US vs. Them' idea.
(d) Conceitedness.

9. In 1993, how many of the people of China, as in America, knew the Earth went around the sun once a year?
(a) Approximately two quarters.
(b) No more than half.
(c) Nearly everyone.
(d) No less than a third.

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

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

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

13. How could James Clerk Maxwell be described as?
(a) A nerd.
(b) Ugly.
(c) A stylish dresser.
(d) All of the above.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What phrase does Robert Anton Wilson use to describe skeptics?

2. Why has quantum mechanics not been popularized?

3. What nation exploded the first hydrogen bomb?

4. What fields did Maxwell make enormous contributions to?

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

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