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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, An American Ship at the Frontiers of the Solar System, Chapter 10, Sacred Black.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When were the Voyager spacecraft launched?
(a) 1982.
(b) 1969.
(c) 1977.
(d) 1972.

2. Which of the following is NOT one of the ways that early planets may have been made incapable of bearing life?
(a) Being thrown into outer space.
(b) Being heavily bombarded by meteors.
(c) Falling into the sun.
(d) Being pushed into a distant orbit.

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

4. What space probe was an important part of Sagan's career, and passed by a major planet in 1976?
(a) Tesla.
(b) Ion.
(c) Newton.
(d) Viking.

5. What role does Sagan suggest that religion has played in the development of science?
(a) Religiously-minded individuals often become scientists.
(b) Science progressed in spite of religion.
(c) Religion informs and guides scientific development.
(d) Religion has aided science in significant ways.

Short Answer Questions

1. Earth will most likely lose contact with the Voyager probes when what happens?

2. What planet represents the farthest distance from Earth that the Voyager craft were intended to function at?

3. Sagan expects both Voyager spacecrafts to continue to broadcast data through what year?

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

5. What does Sagan say that philosophy and religion should provide?

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