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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is it impossible to tell?
(a) The time of day on Earth while standing on the moon.
(b) The difference between identical twins.
(c) The whole truth and nothing but the truth.
(d) Tall tales.

3. Where did lacrosse originate from?
(a) Native Americans.
(b) Aztecs.
(c) England.
(d) Africa.

4. In what city was the 1939 Wold Fair held?
(a) Cincinnati.
(b) Chicago.
(c) New York.
(d) Dallas.

5. 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.

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

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

8. What phrase does Robert Anton Wilson use to describe skeptics?
(a) The 'Unfaithful Few.'
(b) The 'Young and the Restless.'
(c) The 'New Inquisiton.'
(d) The 'Bold Aggressors.'

9. 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.

10. What is the path to freedom?
(a) Money.
(b) Violence.
(c) Work.
(d) Education.

11. What children's game is similar to the way we pass information without reading?
(a) Telephone.
(b) Monopoly.
(c) Hopscotch.
(d) Hide-and-seek.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a single ratings point worth in prime time advertising dollars?

2. Who is Shirley MacLaine?

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

4. What fields did Maxwell make enormous contributions to?

5. What did the United States have in its early years?

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