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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. William Herschel, the discoverer of Uranus, had what unusual profession?
(a) Magician.
(b) Poet.
(c) Actor.
(d) Musician.

2. Which of the following does Sagan NOT cite as evidence for the age of the universe?
(a) Telemetric spectrometry.
(b) Radioactive dating.
(c) Star evolution.
(d) Impact craters.

3. At the time this book was written, how many planets were known to exist around other stars?
(a) None.
(b) About fifty.
(c) About twenty.
(d) Ten.

4. When were the Voyager spacecraft launched?
(a) 1972.
(b) 1977.
(c) 1969.
(d) 1982.

5. What criticism does Sagan make of NASA in Chapter 6, "The Triumph of Voyager"?
(a) It cannot correct its mistakes.
(b) It is unconcerned with human safety in spaceflight.
(c) It has made many engineering mistakes.
(d) It is essentially incompetent.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Sagan think that life will most likely be eventually found?

2. Sagan suggest that modern religious thinking treats scientific evidence in what way?

3. Kuiper discovered that Titan has what chemical vital to the development of life?

4. In the analogy Sagan makes in Chapter 5 the reader is asked to imagine they are seeing Earth from what perspective?

5. What punishment did Galileo suffer as a result of his works?

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