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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. Sagan says that which of the following is the most immediately obvious thing about the Earth?
(a) Its meteorological features.
(b) Its geological features.
(c) The existence of life.
(d) The existence of intelligent life.

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

3. What does Sagan suggest that cavemen were usually looking for when they wandered?
(a) New territory.
(b) Shelter.
(c) Mates.
(d) Food.

4. The Voyager probes found large amounts of what element on Titan?
(a) Iridium.
(b) Oxygen.
(c) Helium.
(d) Nitrogen.

5. What hazard threatened the Voyager craft in Sagan's plan to take a distant picture of Earth?
(a) Space dust.
(b) The Sun's rays.
(c) Micrometeorites.
(d) Cosmic rays.

Short Answer Questions

1. What punishment did Galileo suffer as a result of his works?

2. What abstract concept does Sagan specifically say he is optimistic about?

3. Sagan believes that Titan hosts oceans made of what compound?

4. What scientist is well-known for writing about the differences between species of animals?

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

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