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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. What does Paul the Apostle counsel us to do?
(a) 'Question not the word of God.'
(b) 'Have faith.'
(c) 'Prove all things.'
(d) 'Be credulous unto miracles.'

2. What sport does Carl Sagan like?
(a) Football.
(b) Lacrosse.
(c) Basketball.
(d) Hockey.

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

4. According to 1983 calculations, how much will the Earth's temperature be reduced by nuclear winter?
(a) 10-15 degrees F.
(b) 15-20 degrees F.
(c) 10-15 degrees C.
(d) 15-20 degrees C.

5. What piece of technology existed in 1860?
(a) The radio.
(b) The internal combustion engine.
(c) The television.
(d) The telegraph.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does SDI stand for?

2. In a year, how many school days are there in Japan compared to the 180 of the United States?

3. What do chimps insert reeds into in order to get protein?

4. What is it impossible to tell?

5. What nicknames did Rep. J. Parnell Thomas give to Dr. Edward U. Condon?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the distinction between science and 'shamanism' or religious doctrine?

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

3. What happens to students between kindergarten and graduating high school?

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

5. What did James Clerk Maxwell achieve?

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

7. What great responsibility does science have?

8. What happens in environments of established knowledge? What happens when what needs to be learned changes quickly?

9. How did Edward Teller react to the theory on nuclear winter?

10. What negative traits sometimes exist in skeptics?

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