CHAPTER14-QUIZ

Directions:
Select the BEST response alternative for each of the questions below.

	1.	What do Young Earth creationists believe in?
		A)	Buddhism
		B)	Hinduism
		C)	God created the Earth as stated in Genesis.
		D)	That humans were transported from an old Earth to this newer, younger, Earth.
	2.	Where can ancient astrology be traced to?
		A)	Babylonia.
		B)	Egypt.
		C)	Italy.
		D)	Atlantis.
	3.	Creationism has an effect on American politics.
		A)	True
		B)	False
	4.	Sagittarius A* is:
		A)	A Star.
		B)	A Black Hole.
		C)	A Sun.
		D)	Dr. Paul's Cat's Name.
	5.	How many constellations are in the zodiac?
		A)	Ten.
		B)	Eleven.
		C)	Twelve.
		D)	Thirteen.
	6.	How many constellations of stars are there in the visible sky?
		A)	50
		B)	67
		C)	88
		D)	94
	7.	What is the claim of consequence that best matches the beliefs of Christianity?
		A)	Astrology.
		B)	Spirituality and the survival hypothesis.
		C)	Parapsychology.
		D)	Creationism, Intelligent design, and Evolution.
	8.	The belief that mediums can contact spirits falls into which claim of consequence category?
		A)	Astrology.
		B)	Spirituality and the survival hypothesis.
		C)	Parapsychology.
		D)	Creationism, Intelligent design, and Evolution.
	9.	According to the author, the most significant paranormal claim is:
		A)	Astrology.
		B)	Spiritualism.
		C)	Parapsychology.
		D)	Creationism.
		E)	All of the above.
	10.	The belief that the spiritual essence of a person can be reborn in a new body is referred to as:
		A)	Hypnotic regression.
		B)	Creationism.
		C)	Reincarnation.
		D)	Parapsychology.
		E)	Both (a) and (c).
	11.	The two types of psi are:
		A)	Extrasensory Perception and Psychokinesis
		B)	Clairvoyance and Telepathy
		C)	Retrocognition and Precognition
		D)	Extrasensory Perception and Telepathy
	12.	What do Zener Cards test for?
		A)	ESP.
		B)	Psychokinesis.
		C)	Remote Viewing.
		D)	Telepathy.
	13.	Which of the following is an example of extrasensory perception?
		A)	Clairvoyance
		B)	Precognition
		C)	Telepathy
		D)	Retrocognition
		E)	All of the above are examples.
	14.	Who is famous for having proposed the idea of evolution?
		A)	Kitzmiller.
		B)	Darwin.
		C)	Einstein.
		D)	All of the above.
	15.	Many religions traditionally believe in reincarnation; all of the following are examples, except:
		A)	Hinduism.
		B)	Christianity.
		C)	Jainism.
		D)	Sikhism.
	16.	What are the 4 claims of consequence?
		A)	Astrology, spiritualism, parapsychology, and creationism.
		B)	Foreign entities, astrology, parapsychology, and creationism.
		C)	Astrology, psychics, cold readings, and creationism.
		D)	Holistic therapy, psychic detectives, parapsychology, and spiritualism.
	17.	Who was Gauquelin?
		A)	A man who conducted a study on astrology and found a correlation between champion athletes and being born when Mars was rising.
		B)	A man who studies homeopathic medicine and has a strong argument for its effectiveness.
		C)	The father of spiritualism.
		D)	A man who had clairvoyant powers.
	18.	What does the parting thought section of this chapter talk about?
		A)	The studies concerning astrology and their findings.
		B)	Carlson's findings from his study on personality profiles.
		C)	Spiritualism.
		D)	The beauty of the universe and how our deepest feelings can inspire us.
	19.	Remote viewing is also called:
		A)	psychokinesis.
		B)	precognition.
		C)	clairvoyance.
		D)	telepathy.
	20.	When subjects predict the card that immediately follows or precedes a card being sent, this is called:
		A)	psi-missing.
		B)	regression to the mean.
		C)	the displacement effect.
		D)	a jealous phenomenon.
	21.	Which is the name for the form of ESP where the event in question has not happened yet, and thus is in the future?
		A)	Early-cognition.
		B)	Post-cognition.
		C)	Precognition.
		D)	Retrocognition.
	22.	Which of the following is NOT a criterion for claims of consequence?
		A)	Historical significance.
		B)	Social Significance.
		C)	Political significance.
		D)	None of the above (all are criteria for claims of consequence).
	23.	What is in the exact center of our galaxy?
		A)	Lyra.
		B)	Alkaid.
		C)	Sagittarius A.
		D)	Libra B.
	24.	What is the term for people who claim to communicate with the dead?
		A)	Mediums.
		B)	Seances.
		C)	Parapsychologists.
		D)	None of the above.
	25.	Astrology involves contradictions and inconsistencies such as:
		A)	some heavenly objects once thought to be stars have later discovered to be galaxies.
		B)	the houses of the zodiac are not of equal size.
		C)	the positions of the Sun and constellations were not the same thousands of years ago as they are today.
		D)	All of the above.
	26.	The CIA worked with the Stanford Research Institute in 1972 on a project called:
		A)	Dark matter.
		B)	Project Stargate.
		C)	Project Alpha.
		D)	None of the above.

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