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1. |
How did Lavoisier die? |
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A) |
Hanging. |
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B) |
Stoned. |
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C) |
Guillotine. |
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D) |
Burned at stake. |
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E) |
All of the above! |
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2. |
What is not one of the five great paths of closed-mindedness? |
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A) |
Path of the turtle. |
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B) |
Path of the magical wonderland. |
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C) |
Path of the denying peasant. |
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D) |
Path of the paranormal escape hatch |
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E) |
Path of the copout. |
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3. |
Polls show that most people do not believe that God literally answers prayers: |
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A) |
True |
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B) |
False |
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4. |
Which is NOT one of the main reasons for belief in the paranormal? |
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A) |
Faith and religion. |
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B) |
Eyewitness and testimonial. |
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C) |
Fear. |
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D) |
Personal experience/intuition. |
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5. |
What is the term used to describe that reality depends on what you believe, not what really is? |
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A) |
Subjective Realism. |
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B) |
Universal Connectedness. |
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C) |
Closed Mindedness. |
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D) |
Hypnotic Fugue. |
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6. |
Which of the following is NOT a cost of unexamined paranormal claims? |
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A) |
Costs to society. |
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B) |
Misguided complementary and alternative medicine. |
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C) |
Superficial and aggressive religiosity. |
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D) |
Slamming shut the door of open-minded critical thinking. |
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E) |
None of the above. |
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7. |
According to the book, example(s) of a paranormal belief being eventually accepted as factual: |
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A) |
Meteors. |
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B) |
Hypnosis. |
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C) |
Spirits. |
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D) |
All of the above. |
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E) |
Only (a) and (b). |
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8. |
People stopped viewing meteorites as signs from God in: |
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A) |
The 1500s. |
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B) |
The 1600s. |
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C) |
The 1700s. |
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D) |
The 1800s. |
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E) |
The 1900s. |
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9. |
After King Louis XVI's evaluation, the term "Mesmerism" became synonymous with: |
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A) |
Authenticity. |
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B) |
Fraud and Fakery. |
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C) |
Scientific. |
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D) |
Both (a) and (c). |
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10. |
What is the path of closed-mindedness called The Path of the Turtle? |
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A) |
When one avoids honest questioning and hides from open-minded critical thinking. |
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B) |
When one hides from misleading false information. |
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C) |
When one tries to find people who tend to be very opinionated and attempts a group discussion in hopes to make them more open-minded. |
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D) |
When one is so closed-minded that they believe they are completely correct and do not attempt to avoid discussion on the topic at all. |
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11. |
What is the path of Mistaken Helplessness? |
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A) |
When one thinks there is no point in learning the topic because they do not understand the given information. |
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B) |
When one finds out that they have been mistaken on one belief so they choose to believe that everything should be questioned. |
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C) |
When you believe in something that is not factually true, but you limit your ability to change your belief. |
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D) |
When you feel too helpless to even attempt to be open-minded about certain beliefs. |
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12. |
Which of these things is NOT related to subjective relativism? |
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A) |
Subject relativism is self-defeating. |
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B) |
Subject relativism is a logical contradiction. |
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C) |
Subject relativism is popular opinion. |
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D) |
Subject relativism is a science stopper. |
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13. |
What was the name of the text that eventually led to the murder of over 200,000 "witches"? |
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A) |
Malleus Maleficarum. |
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B) |
Lucius Apuleuis. |
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C) |
Verbum de Diaboli. |
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D) |
Voto Diaboli. |
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14. |
What is defined as "Reality depends of what you believe, not what really is"? |
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A) |
My belief is right. |
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B) |
Subjective Relativism. |
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C) |
Closed mindedness. |
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D) |
Tenacity. |
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15. |
The statement, "I believe it, and that's that. End of discussion. I don't want to discuss it any further. I may be wrong or right-I don't care" falls under what path of close-mindedness? |
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A) |
The Path of the Turtle. |
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B) |
The Path of the Self-Appointed King or Queen of the Universe. |
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C) |
The Path of the Magical Wonderland. |
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D) |
The Path of the Paranormal Escape Hatch. |
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16. |
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of subjective relativism? |
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A) |
Self-defeating. |
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B) |
Self-refuting. |
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C) |
Self-Affirming. |
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D) |
A science stopper. |
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17. |
Approximately how accepted is it that alternative medicine works as well as traditional medicine? |
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A) |
About 0 percent. |
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B) |
About 25 percent. |
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C) |
About 75 percent. |
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D) |
About 95 percent. |
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18. |
What was the fictitious and borderline paranormal claim in the Nazi Holocaust? |
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A) |
Psychics. |
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B) |
Blood Inferiority. |
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C) |
Astrology. |
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D) |
Ghosts. |
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19. |
According to the text, about what percentage of people have at least one paranormal belief not derived from Judeo-Christian tradition? |
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A) |
70 percent. |
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B) |
20 percent. |
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C) |
35 percent. |
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D) |
50 percent. |
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20. |
Where was the most famous witchcraft hysteria? |
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A) |
Sacramento, California |
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B) |
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania |
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C) |
Salem Village, Massachusetts |
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D) |
Manhattan, New York |
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21. |
Which is NOT a path of closed-mindedness? |
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A) |
The Path of the Copout. |
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B) |
The Path of the Paranormal Escape Hatch. |
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C) |
The Path of Mistaken Helplessness. |
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D) |
The Path of the Turtle. |
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22. |
One of the risks with alternative medicine is: |
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A) |
Ineffective interventions. |
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B) |
Safety. |
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C) |
Delay in seeking traditional help. |
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D) |
All of the above. |