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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. 'Spirit' comes from the Latin word for what?
(a) Create.
(b) Acquire.
(c) Breathe.
(d) Run.

2. Around what time did the attitude of the Church change towards visions?
(a) In the approximate middle of the fourteenth century.
(b) Around the beginning of the fifteenth century.
(c) Around the end of the seventeenth century.
(d) The church's attitude towards visions has never changed.

3. What did Carl see in a brooding storm cloud near Fiji?
(a) The Virgin Mary.
(b) A brooding storm.
(c) An apocalyptic vision.
(d) A terrifying monster.

4. What does the NSA do?
(a) Reads the world's mail.
(b) Catches drug dealers.
(c) Assassinates world leaders.
(d) Sends satellites into space.

5. 'Those in power ... have a vested interest in discouraging _____________.'
(a) Credulity.
(b) Demons.
(c) Skepticism.
(d) Alien invasion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was first observed on Mars in 1877?

2. What does Malleus Maleficarum mean?

3. What does magic require from the audience?

4. What does LGM stand for?

5. What tone does Einstein use in his paper on Special Relativity?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was Kenneth Arnold misquoted?

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

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

4. What is the significance of hallucinations?

5. What is an 'error bar?'

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

7. Why would someone want to invent a vision of the Virgin Mary? Is it difficult to do so?

8. What is the story of Paul Ingram?

9. What does Carl Sagan is strange about the way people use the acronym 'UFO?'

10. Describe the response the sample got from readers.

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