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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. Earth will most likely lose contact with the Voyager probes when what happens?
(a) They pass the troposphere.
(b) They reach the Kuiper belt.
(c) Their radio transmitters die.
(d) Their solar cells die.

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

3. Sagan worries about how societies of what type would handle the technology that could stop Earth-bound asteroids?
(a) Totalitarian.
(b) Socialist.
(c) Liberal.
(d) Progressive.

4. What is the main component of the atmosphere of Venus?
(a) Quicklime gas.
(b) Sulfuric acid.
(c) Phosphate.
(d) Hydrogen.

5. What visual resolution would be required to determine that humans are related to the intelligence on Earth?
(a) 1 meter.
(b) 10 cm.
(c) 1 cm.
(d) 10 meters.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of missions does Sagan recommend in order to prepare to deal with Earth-bound asteroids?

2. How does Sagan characterize NASA?

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

4. As of the writing of this book, how many moons was Uranus known to have?

5. How much bigger is Neptune than Earth?

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