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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. Sagan believes that Titan hosts oceans made of what compound?
(a) Hydrocarbons.
(b) Saturated salts.
(c) Methane.
(d) Water.

2. Which of the following is NOT one of the major unknowns that Sagan says he will address in this book?
(a) Whether or not there is intelligent life on nearby planets.
(b) What humanity's future is.
(c) Why humans should explore space.
(d) How humans can explore space.

3. Uranus has an unusual field around it of what type?
(a) Photons.
(b) Magnetism.
(c) Gamma rays.
(d) Radiation.

4. What scientist is credited with making the first discoveries that caused problems for the geocentric theory?
(a) Galileo.
(b) Copernicus.
(c) Kelper.
(d) Ptolemy.

5. Einstein's work undermined what concept?
(a) That light is the fastest thing in the universe.
(b) That our frame of motion is stationary.
(c) That humans can travel to distant stars.
(d) That the Sun is unique.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the mission that sent the first probes to Venus?

2. What hazard from nuclear weapons causes "nuclear winter"?

3. According to Sagan, what was the major advantage of the attitude of the government towards the Apollo project?

4. The Voyager probes found large amounts of what element on Titan?

5. Kuiper discovered that Titan has what chemical vital to the development of life?

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