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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Other than Mars, what was the only other world that Rolph van der Berg thought could be inhabitable?
(a) Ganymeade.
(b) Lucifer.
(c) Asia.
(d) Venus.

2. Where is the next journey for Dr Heywood Floyd?
(a) Jupitor.
(b) Haley's Comet.
(c) Venus.
(d) Earth.

3. Who did Van der Berg think responsible for the hijacking?
(a) Heywood Floyd.
(b) Captain Laplace.
(c) Mr. Chang.
(d) Himself.

4. During the decade of 2020-2030, while Dr Floyd was recuperating at the Space Hospital, what notable event happened on Earth?
(a) The Great Floridian Mud Slide.
(b) The Great Californian Earthquake.
(c) The Great Texan Land Slide.
(d) The Great Railroad Destruction.

5. For what was Shaka named?
(a) A Zulu tyrant.
(b) A Zulu priest.
(c) An Australian legend.
(d) A South African Queen.

6. What color was Haley Comet's surface?
(a) Black.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Brown.
(d) Pink.

7. Dr. Floyd spent the first forty-eight hours of his voyage doing what?
(a) Marveling at the ship's speed.
(b) Visiting with the other passengers.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Thinking back about the history of aeronautics.

8. Who was the Second Officer's famous grandfather?
(a) Sir Lawrence.
(b) Dr. William Tsung.
(c) Dr. Heywood Floyd.
(d) Dr. Anderson.

9. Rolf van der Berg volunteered for what position on the chartered mission with Captain Eric Laplace?
(a) Mission scientist.
(b) Mission navigator.
(c) Mission cook.
(d) Mission planetologist.

10. Who did Second Officer Chris Floyd seek out for help after the ship is hijacked?
(a) Second Officer Chang.
(b) Rolf van der Berg.
(c) Rosie McCullen.
(d) Captain Laplace.

11. Who were Dr. Floyd's oldest and closest friends?
(a) George and Jerry.
(b) George and Floyd.
(c) Carl and Jerry.
(d) John and Terry.

12. What warning was sent back from the spaceship Discovery?
(a) Attempt no landing on Mars.
(b) Attempt no landing on Earth.
(c) Attempt no landing on Saturn.
(d) Attempt no landing on Europa.

13. With full thrust carrying the ship to the orbit of Europa, why was moving around in the ship hard?
(a) It was the middle of the night.
(b) The ride was rocky.
(c) Gravity disappered.
(d) Gravity returned.

14. Who was the first man to land on Mercury?
(a) Rolph van der Berg.
(b) Edward Tsung.
(c) Clifford Greenberg.
(d) William Chang.

15. What is Lucifer? nebulae
(a) A new planet.
(b) A rival to the sun.
(c) A nebulae.
(d) A space hospital.

Short Answer Questions

1. To be able to be a stop for the Pacific Spaceport travel line what had to be discovered and was on the Moon?

2. If night and day are local customs, what is universal?

3. What did the article refer to in its title?

4. Where on Europa is the second penetrometer to be dropped?

5. Who would be chartering the reconnaissance mission granted by the Planetary Science Foundation?

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