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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. Where did the experimental nature of science come from?
(a) China.
(b) Ancient Greece.
(c) The Aztecs.
(d) India.

2. Who sets limits on human ingenuity?
(a) Scientists.
(b) Nature.
(c) God.
(d) Governments.

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

4. What was Darwin just about to do when he set sail on the H.M.S. Beagle?
(a) Become a minister.
(b) Become the president of an atheist organization.
(c) Embark on a speaking tour against religion.
(d) Join the Socialist party in England.

5. What is a single ratings point worth in prime time advertising dollars?
(a) Hundreds of millions.
(b) Tens of thousands.
(c) Practically nothing.
(d) Millions.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did U.S. students average on a global algebra test?

3. What is taboo in all societies?

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

5. According to Alan Cromer, why is science difficult?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What negative traits sometimes exist in skeptics?

3. According to Sagan, why do we stereotype?

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

5. Describe the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798.

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

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

8. What is the story of Carlos?

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

10. What was the HCUA?

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