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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does LGM stand for?
(a) Linear Gravitational Molecule.
(b) Lesser Gaseous Mass.
(c) Little Green Men.
(d) Lima Gamma Monotheism.

2. Who is the father of medicine?
(a) Aristotle.
(b) Hippocrates.
(c) Plato.
(d) Socrates.

3. What does each field of science have?
(a) Supreme knowledge in its own area.
(b) Its own complement of pseudeoscience.
(c) Fans and well-wishers.
(d) An unsolvable dilemma that leads to superstition.

4. What phrase was coined when Carl Sagan was in high school?
(a) 'Alien abduction.'
(b) 'Death ray.'
(c) 'Flying saucer.'
(d) 'UFO.'

5. Where is Paul Ingram, a man who was hypnotized and falsely recalled abusing his daughter, at the time of writing?
(a) In prison.
(b) In a psychiatric ward.
(c) Free after having the charges dropped.
(d) On a permanent fundamentalist retreat.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what magazine was a short summary of the first seven chapters of this book published?

2. What does the NSA do?

3. When was the motion picture, Invaders from Mars, released?

4. Which branch of science cannot foretell the future?

5. How many of the world's scientists work at least part time for the military?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the typical alien abduction scenario.

2. What is the correlation between UFO sightings and the Cold War?

3. What is Sagan's disagreement with his friend John Mack? Why does John believe what he does?

4. Describe the joke made by the driver.

5. What is the significance of hallucinations?

6. Describe the history of demons.

7. What explanation does Sagan give for massive blackouts on released NSA documents?

8. What is the story of Franz Mesmer?

9. What is Carl Sagan afraid of? Has it already happened?

10. What can we see through the example of Newtonian Physics?

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