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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15, The Gates of the Wonder World Open, Chapter 16, Scaling Heaven.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What scientist is well-known for writing about the differences between species of animals?
(a) Maxwell.
(b) Hawking.
(c) Dawkins.
(d) Darwin.

2. When probes enter the atmospheres of other planets, what color do they often see the sky to be?
(a) Blue.
(b) Red.
(c) Black.
(d) Yellow.

3. What does Neptune's moon have less of compared to Titan?
(a) Ice.
(b) Carbon.
(c) Potassium.
(d) Iron.

4. Which of the following does Sagan NOT cite as evidence for the age of the universe?
(a) Radioactive dating.
(b) Telemetric spectrometry.
(c) Impact craters.
(d) Star evolution.

5. How likely does Sagan think it is that the records on Voyager will eventually be found?
(a) It is almost impossible.
(b) It is unlikely.
(c) It is reasonably likely.
(d) It is almost certain.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is one of the moons of Mars?

2. When does Sagan think that the human race will be "on its way"?

3. How does Sagan say that science relates to the existence of a divine being?

4. Sagan compares the human need for religion to what?

5. How old does Sagan state that "fundamentalist monotheists" believe the Earth to be?

(see the answer key)

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