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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. According to a 1992 Roper poll, what percentage of Americans has been abducted by aliens?
(a) Thirteen percent.
(b) Eighteen percent.
(c) Two percent.
(d) Ten percent.

2. What does Carl Sagan say Howard Blum does not understand?
(a) Secrecy culture.
(b) His own obsession with UFOs.
(c) Basic science and physics.
(d) Patterns.

3. What word means 'knowledge' in Greek?
(a) Demon.
(b) Plato.
(c) Angel.
(d) Alien.

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

5. How many UFO reports have there been since 1947?
(a) Six hundred and twenty thousand.
(b) Approximately half a million.
(c) Over a million.
(d) Seventeen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which branch of science cannot foretell the future?

2. What was Silas Newton's alien gear made of?

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

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

5. What does every generation worry about?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the history of demons.

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

3. What is the connection between science and pseudoscience?

4. Describe the typical alien abduction scenario.

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

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

7. What is the story of Franz Mesmer?

8. What is Sagan's view on grief, death, and the afterlife?

9. What is the story of Paul Ingram?

10. Describe the joke made by the driver.

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