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

2. As of 1990, how many planets did the Voyager craft explore?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) Five.

3. What other medium was used to express the desire to wander, according to Sagan, as human civilization developed?
(a) Ethics.
(b) Law.
(c) Religion.
(d) Technology.

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

5. What does Sagan lament about the study of Titan?
(a) There is no interest in studying it.
(b) It is usually impossible to observe.
(c) There are no probes headed for it.
(d) We still know very little about it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of waves could be analyzed to demonstrate that there is intelligent life on Earth?

2. What role does Sagan suggest that religion has played in the development of science?

3. Who was the first to discover moons around another planet?

4. What visual resolution would be required to determine that humans are related to the intelligence on Earth?

5. What does the Geocentric theory state?

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