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

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 planet did Sagan spend a great deal of time studying when an important space probe passed near it in 1976?
(a) Venus.
(b) Saturn.
(c) Mercury.
(d) Mars.

4. Sagan suggests that the image of the "pale blue dot" teaches the need for what?
(a) Peace.
(b) Space exploration.
(c) Kindness.
(d) Science education.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What major change have humans made to the environment that would be easily detectable from space?

2. Besides the Voyager spacecraft, what does Sagan cite as a major triumph by NASA?

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?

4. What criticism does Sagan make of NASA in Chapter 6, "The Triumph of Voyager"?

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

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