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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. In a society that believes in ghosts, how are reports of ghost sighting received?
(a) Without the slightest hesitation.
(b) With disdain, and some suspicion.
(c) With approval, even prestige.
(d) Without any investigation whatsoever.

2. What does Carl Sagan work mostly with?
(a) Planets.
(b) Weather.
(c) Economics.
(d) Physics.

3. What did Travis Walton's mother say when her son was hit by alien lightning and taken into space?
(a) 'Well, that's the way these things happen.'
(b) 'Get off my lawn or I'll shoot you.'
(c) 'You've got to be kidding me.'
(d) 'He's not in space, he's living in my basement.'

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did John Glenn report seeing outside his spacecraft?

2. How many schizophrenics are there on Earth?

3. What do humans crave?

4. What is the driver's name?

5. What is spoofing?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Carl Sagan say about the reliability of hypnosis?

2. What does Carl Sagan say about human nature and patterns?

3. What is the story of Franz Mesmer?

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

5. Describe the strange case of Dr. Robert Lindner and Kirk Allen?

6. Describe the history of demons.

7. According to J.B.S. Haldane, what is the relationship between eternity and reincarnation?

8. How was Kenneth Arnold misquoted?

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

10. Describe the joke made by the driver.

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