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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did English biophysicist, J.J. Merrick, discuss at a biological symposium?
(a) whether biology was a science worth pursuing
(b) the probabilities of first contact with an alien species
(c) whether humans should go into space
(d) the improbability of life in space

2. What spurred significant advances in biological science?
(a) the discovery of germs
(b) a cure for cancer
(c) the polio vaccine
(d) the invention of antibiotics

3. What does the narrator say the nature of all national crises prior to the scientific boom was?
(a) all national crises were medical in nature
(b) all national crises were educational in nature
(c) all national crises were political in nature
(d) all national crises were economical in nature

4. What do Lt. Shawn and Pvt. Crane find in Piedmont?
(a) no people on the streets
(b) dead bodies in the middle of the street
(c) just a town with people going about their business
(d) the traffic light doesn't work

5. What does their nighttime surveillance reveal?
(a) all the houses are lit up
(b) a pack of dogs are barking at a door
(c) a big town party in the center of town
(d) no activity in the town

Short Answer Questions

1. When the communication specialist checks the equipment, what does he find?

2. Why was Hall, a surgeon, chosen for the team?

3. On the way to Wildfire, what does Dr. Leavitt tell Dr. Hall to do?

4. What does Major Arthur Manchek order when he hears of the radio silence at Piedmont?

5. What does Stone find out about project Scoop on the way to the Wildfire lab?

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