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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. Which of the following does Sagan NOT cite as evidence for the age of the universe?
(a) Telemetric spectrometry.
(b) Star evolution.
(c) Impact craters.
(d) Radioactive dating.

2. Where does Neptune fall in the mission plan for the Voyager probes?
(a) They will return to the inner solar system after passing it.
(b) It is their final planetary destination.
(c) They will pass by it only at an immense distance
(d) They will go into decaying orbit around it.

3. What is Neptune's largest moon?
(a) Ariadne.
(b) Europa.
(c) Triton.
(d) Eurydice.

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

5. The "great demotions" are changes in thinking about the status of what?
(a) The body of human scientific work.
(b) The dominance of religion.
(c) The age of the Earth.
(d) The place of humanity in the universe.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What type of Mars mission did President Reagan turn down?

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

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

5. Which of the following is one of the moons of Mars?

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