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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 type of waves could be analyzed to demonstrate that there is intelligent life on Earth?
(a) Cosmic waves.
(b) Microwaves.
(c) Radio waves.
(d) Ultraviolet waves.

2. What hazard threatened the Voyager craft in Sagan's plan to take a distant picture of Earth?
(a) Cosmic rays.
(b) Micrometeorites.
(c) Space dust.
(d) The Sun's rays.

3. Sagan says that which of the following is the most immediately obvious thing about the Earth?
(a) The existence of intelligent life.
(b) Its geological features.
(c) Its meteorological features.
(d) The existence of life.

4. As of 1990, how many planets did the Voyager craft explore?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) Five.

5. Sagan suggest that modern religious thinking treats scientific evidence in what way?
(a) It is cautious about the evidence.
(b) It makes no statements about the evidence.
(c) It intrudes on the evidence.
(d) It blatantly disregards the evidence.

Short Answer Questions

1. What scientist is well-known for writing about the differences between species of animals?

2. According to Sagan, which of the following was the most notable historical tool that humans used to explore the world?

3. Sagan compares the human need for religion to what?

4. Which of the following is a major point opponents of space exploration raise?

5. What other medium was used to express the desire to wander, according to Sagan, as human civilization developed?

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