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

2. What did George Awad create?
(a) A gigantic representation of DNA.
(b) A detailed model of the universe.
(c) A massive screen ten stories high that wraps around you.
(d) A charitable foundation to foster interest in science.

3. What does SDI stand for?
(a) Strategic Defense Initiative.
(b) Star Destroyer Interdictor.
(c) Solar Density Inhibitor.
(d) Stealth Death Initiator.

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

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. What nation exploded the first hydrogen bomb?

3. What are the chances of being cured at Lourdes?

4. What can diminish a child's ability to understand and learn?

5. What phrase does Robert Anton Wilson use to describe skeptics?

Short Essay Questions

1. What advantage does the idea of the afterlife give a society?

2. Describe the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798.

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

4. How are scientists generally portrayed on television?

5. What great responsibility does science have?

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

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

8. What was the HCUA?

9. According to Sagan, why do we stereotype?

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

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