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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. How does Sagan characterize NASA?
(a) As part of the military-industrial complex.
(b) As a ship without a tiller or rudder.
(c) As an aging bureaucracy.
(d) As a faceless and dispassionate monolith.

2. In what century was the geocentric theory conclusively disproved?
(a) The 13th century.
(b) The 21st century.
(c) The 19th century.
(d) The 11th century.

3. At the time of the writing of this book, what is the farthest planet that humans had reached through the use of exploratory probes?
(a) Pluto.
(b) Saturn.
(c) Uranus.
(d) Neptune.

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

5. What innovation was crucial in discovering Titan?
(a) The theory of general relativity.
(b) Newton's laws of motion.
(c) The telescope.
(d) The chemical rocket engine.

Short Answer Questions

1. When were the Voyager spacecraft launched?

2. The Anthropic Principle is divided into two theories that are termed what?

3. Sagan expects both Voyager spacecrafts to continue to broadcast data through what year?

4. How fast was Voyager I moving in 1990?

5. In what way is Titan's cold atmosphere an advantage for the formation of life?

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