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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. 'No Satan, ___________.'
(a) No way.
(b) No God.
(c) No problem.
(d) No worries.

2. What does REM stand for?
(a) Röntgen Equivalent Man.
(b) Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum.
(c) Restricted Effective Mass.
(d) Rapid Eye Movement.

3. Humans are more closely related to chimpanzees than _____________________.
(a) Dogs are to wolves.
(b) Dolphins are to whales.
(c) Spiders are to scorpions.
(d) Rats are to mice.

4. What tone does Einstein use in his paper on Special Relativity?
(a) Authoritative.
(b) Florid.
(c) Restrained.
(d) Grandiose.

5. What is the key to the success of science?
(a) It has wields power through atomic weapons.
(b) It is popular with the masses.
(c) It is easy to teach and understand.
(d) It has built-in error correction.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was first observed on Mars in 1877?

2. What must advertisers know?

3. How many UFO reports have there been since 1947?

4. How many Americans believe in reincarnation?

5. According to one letter writer, science has become _____________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Sagan trying to say with the dragon analogy?

2. What modern problems do we need science to help us with? Can science really solve these problems?

3. Describe the response the sample got from readers.

4. Describe the typical alien abduction scenario.

5. How was the sample of The Demon-Haunted World received by the media?

6. What is the significance of hallucinations?

7. How was Kenneth Arnold misquoted?

8. What is the connection between science and pseudoscience?

9. How were the pyramids on Mars really created?

10. What is the story of Paul Ingram?

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