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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. As of 1990, how many moons did the Voyager craft explore?
(a) Six.
(b) Thirty.
(c) Ten.
(d) Sixty.

2. What visual resolution would be required to determine that humans are related to the intelligence on Earth?
(a) 10 cm.
(b) 1 meter.
(c) 1 cm.
(d) 10 meters.

3. Sagan expects both Voyager spacecrafts to continue to broadcast data through what year?
(a) 2030.
(b) 2015.
(c) 2010.
(d) 2050.

4. What planet represents the farthest distance from Earth that the Voyager craft were intended to function at?
(a) Mars.
(b) Uranus.
(c) Saturn
(d) Jupiter.

5. What does Sagan say that philosophy and religion should provide?
(a) Comfort.
(b) Kindness.
(c) Truth.
(d) Guidance.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Sagan characterize NASA?

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

3. What was Neptune's position in the solar system as of the writing of this book?

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

5. What concept does Sagan suggest that the image of the "pale blue dot" mocks?

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