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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Is There Intelligent Life on Earth?, Chapter 6, The Triumph of Voyager.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About how long does Sagan suggest that human beings have been "settled down"?
(a) 100,000 years.
(b) 1,000 years.
(c) 10,000 years.
(d) 50,000 years.

2. What fault does Sagan admit that science has?
(a) It can only develop theories, not laws.
(b) It is always inaccurate.
(c) It is marred by human perception and arrogance.
(d) It fails to uplift human spirits.

3. What major change have humans made to the environment that would be easily detectable from space?
(a) The destruction of the rainforests.
(b) The pollution of rivers and lakes.
(c) Desertification.
(d) The Three-Gorges dam.

4. Sagan suggest that modern religious thinking treats scientific evidence in what way?
(a) It is cautious about the evidence.
(b) It makes no statements about the evidence.
(c) It intrudes on the evidence.
(d) It blatantly disregards the evidence.

5. How many planets were known to ancient people?
(a) Six.
(b) Five.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

Short Answer Questions

1. Einstein's work undermined what concept?

2. What hazard threatened the Voyager craft in Sagan's plan to take a distant picture of Earth?

3. Which of the following is a major point opponents of space exploration raise?

4. What astronomical discovery did Galileo make that significantly damaged the geocentric theory?

5. At the time of the writing of this book, what is the farthest planet that humans had reached through the use of exploratory probes?

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