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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13, The Gift of Apollo, Chapter 14, Exploring Other Worlds and Protecting This One.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Neptune's largest moon?
(a) Europa.
(b) Eurydice.
(c) Triton.
(d) Ariadne.

3. Uranus has an unusual field around it of what type?
(a) Radiation.
(b) Magnetism.
(c) Photons.
(d) Gamma rays.

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

5. Sagan says that the moon was once understood as a symbol of which of the following?
(a) The unattainable.
(b) Madness.
(c) Fertility.
(d) Prosperity.

Short Answer Questions

1. The primary discipline that Sagan argues nations benefit from by investing in space exploration is called which of the following?

2. What planet did Sagan spend a great deal of time studying when an important space probe passed near it in 1976?

3. How likely does Sagan think it is that the records on Voyager will eventually be found?

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

5. What is the constituent particle of light?

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