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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15, The Gates of the Wonder World Open, Chapter 16, Scaling Heaven.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the time this book was written, how many Mars Observers had been flown successfully?
(a) One.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) None.

2. How much bigger is Neptune than Earth?
(a) Two hundred times.
(b) Forty times.
(c) A hundred times.
(d) Four times.

3. Which of the following is NOT one of the ways that Sagan says life seems to be?
(a) Absurd.
(b) Meaningless.
(c) Intentional.
(d) Insignificant.

4. What did Galileo demonstrate?
(a) The stars are fixed.
(b) The Sun is just a star.
(c) The Earth is not the only planet.
(d) The moon does not orbit the Earth.

5. Sagan describes humans as which of the following, with respect to their arrival in the universe?
(a) Middling achievers.
(b) Early adopters.
(c) Slow movers.
(d) Extreme latecomers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Sagan think that life will most likely be eventually found?

2. Sagan uses what term to describe a theology that requires God to intentionally mislead human scientists?

3. Where does Sagan think it is most likely that life will be found on Mars?

4. The Anthropic Principle is divided into two theories that are termed what?

5. What does Martian soil seem to contain?

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