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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, An American Ship at the Frontiers of the Solar System, Chapter 10, Sacred Black.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much bigger is Neptune than Earth?
(a) Four times.
(b) A hundred times.
(c) Two hundred times.
(d) Forty times.

2. How old does Sagan state that "fundamentalist monotheists" believe the Earth to be?
(a) 300,000 years old.
(b) 6,000 years old.
(c) 1 million years old.
(d) 10,000 years old.

3. Which of the following is a major point opponents of space exploration raise?
(a) No good has ever come of space exploration.
(b) There is nothing of value anywhere else in the solar system.
(c) The problems on Earth should be solved first.
(d) Space exploration exists for national prestige only.

4. What is unusual about Uranus's orientation?
(a) It is laid on its side.
(b) It wobbles constantly.
(c) It shifts from time to time.
(d) It is the only planet that lies perfectly in the ecliptic.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Sagan helped to discover that Saturn provides what critical element to Titan?

2. As of 1990, how many moons did the Voyager craft explore?

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

4. What innovation was crucial in discovering Titan?

5. The Voyager probes found large amounts of what element on Titan?

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