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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. Sagan uses what term to describe a theology that requires God to intentionally mislead human scientists?
(a) Malevolent.
(b) Typical.
(c) Unsupportable.
(d) Dogmatic.

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

3. When were the Voyager spacecraft launched?
(a) 1982.
(b) 1969.
(c) 1977.
(d) 1972.

4. 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 disproves that divine beings can interact with the universe.
(c) Science does not require such a being.
(d) Science explicitly denies such a being can exist.

5. Sagan compares the human need for religion to what?
(a) An infant's need for a parent.
(b) A man's need for water.
(c) An injured person's need for aid.
(d) A blind person's need for a cane.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one trait of human beings that Sagan cites as being responsible for our belief in our importance in the universe?

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

3. How fast was Voyager I moving in 1990?

4. How does Sagan characterize NASA?

5. The "great demotions" are changes in thinking about the status of what?

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