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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, Among the Moons of Saturn, Chapter 8, The First New Planet.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is one of the "great demotions" that Sagan cites?
(a) Light and magnetism are the same thing.
(b) The Earth is 6 billion years old.
(c) There are planets orbiting other stars.
(d) There may have been life on Mars.

2. How old does Sagan state that "fundamentalist monotheists" believe the Earth to be?
(a) 6,000 years old.
(b) 300,000 years old.
(c) 10,000 years old.
(d) 1 million years old.

3. According to Sagan, how do early Earth and Titan compare?
(a) They are only vaguely related.
(b) They are totally different.
(c) They are similar.
(d) They are almost exactly the same.

4. As of 1990, how many moons did the Voyager craft explore?
(a) Ten.
(b) Six.
(c) Thirty.
(d) Sixty.

5. What visual resolution would be required to determine the existence of intelligent life on Earth?
(a) 1 meter.
(b) 1,000 meters.
(c) 100 meters.
(d) 10 cm.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the analogy Sagan makes in Chapter 5 the reader is asked to imagine they are seeing Earth from what perspective?

2. Many of organic molecules arrived on Earth from what source?

3. Sagan suggest that modern religious thinking treats scientific evidence in what way?

4. What does Sagan suggest that cavemen were usually looking for when they wandered?

5. What is the constituent particle of light?

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