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

2. Sagan believes that Titan hosts oceans made of what compound?
(a) Water.
(b) Methane.
(c) Hydrocarbons.
(d) Saturated salts.

3. In Chapter 5 Sagan asks the reader to imagine that they are which of the following?
(a) A time traveler.
(b) An ancient person.
(c) An alien.
(d) An ant.

4. What unusual source of energy do the Voyager spacecraft take advantage of?
(a) Planetary gravity.
(b) Vacuum energy.
(c) Cosmic rays.
(d) Solar wind.

5. Sagan helped to discover that Saturn provides what critical element to Titan?
(a) Energy.
(b) Hydrogen.
(c) Tidal forces.
(d) A magnetosphere.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Sagan say that science relates to the existence of a divine being?

2. As of the writing of this book, how many moons was Uranus known to have?

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

4. What does Sagan claim is the key element of humanity's future?

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

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