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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17, Routine Interplanetary Violence, Chapter 18, The Marsh of Camarina.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Sagan characterize most of the benefits gleaned from the space programs of the 60s and 70s?
(a) They were intangible.
(b) They were underestimated.
(c) They were relatively unimportant.
(d) They were unexpected.

2. The Anthropic Principle is divided into two theories that are termed what?
(a) Strong and weak.
(b) Orthodox and reformed.
(c) Greater and lesser.
(d) Old and new.

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

4. How does Sagan say that science relates to the existence of a divine being?
(a) Science disproves that divine beings can interact with the universe.
(b) Science does not require such a being.
(c) Science allows for divine beings and miraculous events.
(d) Science explicitly denies such a being can exist.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Neptune's largest moon?

2. What is the most important thing that would immediately be apparent to any alien intelligence that found the Voyager probes?

3. What was the state of the knowledge and belief about life on other planets at the time the book was written?

4. How fast was Voyager I moving in 1990?

5. What is notable about the Sun's light in Sagan's distant picture of the Earth?

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