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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17, Routine Interplanetary Violence, Chapter 18, The Marsh of Camarina.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following planets is NOT known to have a ring system?
(a) Saturn.
(b) Jupiter.
(c) Venus.
(d) Uranus.

2. What is unusual about Uranus's orientation?
(a) It is the only planet that lies perfectly in the ecliptic.
(b) It wobbles constantly.
(c) It shifts from time to time.
(d) It is laid on its side.

3. What is notable about the stars in Sagan's distant picture of the Earth?
(a) An immense number are visible.
(b) Very few are visible.
(c) They have many different colors.
(d) They appear very close.

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

5. What planet in the solar system obviously suffers from a severe greenhouse gas effect?
(a) Saturn.
(b) Jupiter.
(c) Venus.
(d) Mars.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Neptune fall in the mission plan for the Voyager probes?

2. What was the major result of the Cretaceous-Tertiary Collision?

3. Einstein's work undermined what concept?

4. When were the Voyager spacecraft launched?

5. Which of the following is NOT one of the major unknowns that Sagan says he will address in this book?

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