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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Is There Intelligent Life on Earth?, Chapter 6, The Triumph of Voyager.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What planet represents the farthest distance from Earth that the Voyager craft were intended to function at?
(a) Saturn
(b) Mars.
(c) Uranus.
(d) Jupiter.

2. What other medium was used to express the desire to wander, according to Sagan, as human civilization developed?
(a) Ethics.
(b) Law.
(c) Religion.
(d) Technology.

3. How does Sagan say that science relates to the existence of a divine being?
(a) Science allows for divine beings and miraculous events.
(b) Science explicitly denies such a being can exist.
(c) Science does not require such a being.
(d) Science disproves that divine beings can interact with the universe.

4. How old does Sagan state that "fundamentalist monotheists" believe the Earth to be?
(a) 1 million years old.
(b) 10,000 years old.
(c) 300,000 years old.
(d) 6,000 years old.

5. Sagan expects both Voyager spacecrafts to continue to broadcast data through what year?
(a) 2010.
(b) 2050.
(c) 2015.
(d) 2030.

Short Answer Questions

1. As of 1990, how many planets did the Voyager craft explore?

2. What is notable about the Sun's light in Sagan's distant picture of the Earth?

3. What did Galileo demonstrate?

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

5. What abstract concept does Sagan specifically say he is optimistic about?

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