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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: Against Stupidity: Chapter: 1-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What two substances appear to produce the same energy in different habitats according to Hallam in Chapter 2?
(a) Positrons and neutrons.
(b) Selenium and calcium.
(c) Tungsten and plutonium.
(d) Atoms and diatoms.

2. Whose interviews are being refused in Chapter 3?
(a) Denison.
(b) Hallam.
(c) Lamont.
(d) Dua.

3. Who does Lamont visit in Chapter 8?
(a) Joshua Chen.
(b) Senator Burton.
(c) Selene.
(d) Frederick Hallam.

4. Why can't Lamont take the message to anyone in Chapter 10?
(a) It is invisible.
(b) No one will believe them.
(c) Cannot be deciphered by anyone on their planet.
(d) Cannot be proved to have come from the para universe.

5. After some tests, what mysterious substance is discovered in Chapter 1?
(a) Selenium 145.
(b) Plutonium 186.
(c) Montium 46.
(d) Halium 23.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the head of the Committee on Technology and the Environment?

2. What effect did losing grants have on Lamont in Chapter 5?

3. What does Bronowski advise Lamont to do in Chapter 10?

4. Who does Lamont make an appointment with in Chapter 5?

5. Who are more advanced technologically but not necessarily smarter than Hallam and the rest in Chapter 4?

(see the answer key)

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