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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17, Routine Interplanetary Violence, Chapter 18, The Marsh of Camarina.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What scientist is well-known for writing about the differences between species of animals?
(a) Darwin.
(b) Dawkins.
(c) Hawking.
(d) Maxwell.

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

3. When was Neptune discovered?
(a) 1645.
(b) 1846.
(c) 1912.
(d) 1955.

4. Sagan suggests that the Apollo missions were primarily about what?
(a) Politics.
(b) Military strategy.
(c) Technology.
(d) Science.

5. What does Martian soil seem to contain?
(a) Ice.
(b) Organic material.
(c) Oil.
(d) Methane.

Short Answer Questions

1. What astronomical discovery did Galileo make that significantly damaged the geocentric theory?

2. What was the major result of the Cretaceous-Tertiary Collision?

3. Who helped Sagan calculate that Titan should be host to oceans?

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

5. CFCs are chemicals that is primarily hazardous to the environment in what area?

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