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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. Who is Shirley MacLaine?
(a) A skeptic and actress.
(b) A New Age guru and actress.
(c) A film producer and actress.
(d) A scientist and actress.

2. What nation exploded the first hydrogen bomb?
(a) The Soviet Union.
(b) The United States of America.
(c) France.
(d) Great Britain.

3. What can be found at the source of a cholera epidemic?
(a) Poor refrigeration.
(b) Terrorism.
(c) Open sewers.
(d) Rats.

4. In what city was the 1939 Wold Fair held?
(a) Dallas.
(b) Cincinnati.
(c) Chicago.
(d) New York.

5. When was Miles Phillips brought before the Spanish Inquisition?
(a) 1447.
(b) 1574.
(c) 1745.
(d) 1754.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the United States have in its early years?

2. What was Darwin just about to do when he set sail on the H.M.S. Beagle?

3. What causes magnetism?

4. What was Edward Teller an advocate of?

5. What is Carl Sagan's hometown?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the response that Carl Sagan's article in Parade magazine received from readers?

2. What does Alan Cromer say about the emergence of science? What does Sagan think of this thesis?

3. What was the HCUA?

4. How is the baloney detection kit used in this chapter?

5. How does Sagan explain the conflict between our material being and the perceived spiritual world?

6. What is the story of Frederick Bailey?

7. How are scientists generally portrayed on television?

8. According to Sagan, what is 'perhaps the greatest museum exhibit?' What does it not have?

9. What is the difference between science and faith healing?

10. What is Carl Sagan's favorite sport? Why?

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