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

2. When did the belief that Venus was a "sister planet" to Earth become dispelled?
(a) The mid twentieth century.
(b) The late nineteenth century.
(c) The early twentieth century.
(d) The mid nineteenth century.

3. Sagan suggests that ancient people did not think of the moon as which of the following?
(a) As having an opposite side.
(b) As a place.
(c) As moving.
(d) As a real object.

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

5. Which of the following is NOT one of the missions that observed Venus using radar telescopes?
(a) Magellan.
(b) Venera.
(c) Pioneer.
(d) Vesta.

Short Answer Questions

1. What unusual source of energy do the Voyager spacecraft take advantage of?

2. Sagan suggests that the image of the "pale blue dot" teaches the need for what?

3. What hazard from nuclear weapons causes "nuclear winter"?

4. Einstein's work undermined what concept?

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

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