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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 nation is the best-entertained nation on Earth?
(a) Japan.
(b) The United States.
(c) France.
(d) England.

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

3. What can diminish a child's ability to understand and learn?
(a) Television.
(b) Parental drug use.
(c) Physical abuse.
(d) Poor nutrition.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How could James Clerk Maxwell be described as?

2. Where did lacrosse originate from?

3. What does the Bible condone?

4. According to Sagan, what is the skeptical movement's main weakness?

5. When was Miles Phillips brought before the Spanish Inquisition?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What lessons can be learned from the legal system and applied to matters of politics, economics, religion, and ethics?

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

5. What was the HCUA?

6. What is the relationship between ancient hunters and scientists?

7. Describe the accomplishments of Linus Pauling.

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

9. According to Sagan, why do we stereotype?

10. Describe the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798.

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