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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. What is it impossible to tell?

2. What is the term used for basketball players who are playing well?

3. What does SDI stand for?

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

5. What are Maxwell's calculations written in?

Short Essay Questions

1. What great responsibility does science have?

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

3. What is the story of Carlos?

4. How are scientists generally portrayed on television?

5. Describe the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798.

6. What was the HCUA?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay that compares and contrasts accounts of demonic encounters/possession with that of alien abduction. Be sure to address:

1) The psychological factors inherent in the cases.

2) The role both still play in culture and society.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay describing the scientific method and its impact upon humanity. Be sure to address:

1) Why the scientific method is important.

2) The effect the scientific method has had upon humanity.

3) What you think the world would be like if the scientific method never existed.

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