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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What were the first two scientific crises in history?
(a) finding a vaccine for small pox and the Andromeda Strain
(b) the atomic energy and space capability crises
(c) the flu epidemic of 1918 and electrical power generation
(d) a viable solar energy system and splitting the atom

3. What does Major Arthur Manchek order when he hears of the radio silence at Piedmont?
(a) he orders a Scavenger plane to make a flyby over Piedmont
(b) he orders a national guard unit into Piedmont
(c) he orders Lt. Comcoe to send a message to Crane on a secret channel
(d) he orders a helicopter to Piedmont

4. What message have the men received without their knowledge, that they find by accident?
(a) the notification about the President's decision to delay directive 7-12
(b) that the plaque has spread to Texas
(c) that another sattellite has come down to earth
(d) that Dr. Leavitt's wife is in the hospital

5. What is Project Wildfire?
(a) a high-tech laboratory, plus a team of scientists
(b) a program they taught in scool
(c) a project to reforest burnt land
(d) a think tank of politicians

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jackson do for his ulcer?

2. What's the first test Burton does on the two dead lab animals?

3. What does Stone do when they find the message?

4. What does Hall and Stone figure out when they hear the announcement about the gaskets?

5. What does the team decide Hall has to find out?

(see the answer key)

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