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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What sport does Carl Sagan like?

3. How is the name 'Spee' pronounced?

4. What was Edward Teller an advocate of?

5. Who was Stalin's rival?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798.

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

4. What is the story of Carlos?

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

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

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

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

9. What great responsibility does science have?

10. What did James Clerk Maxwell achieve?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay on the relationship between commerce and the paranormal. Be sure to include:

1) Examples of people who have made money through the paranormal.

2) A discussion on whether or not the industry should be regulated.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay that tells the story of a scientist who has shown exceptional courage and bravery in standing by their claims and research.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay that serves as the short biography of a faith healer, magician, or psychic. Be sure to address:

1) Motivations for becoming famous.

2) Responses to allegations of fraud.

3) Whether or not the person was proved to be fraudulent.

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