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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 is the most important thing that would immediately be apparent to any alien intelligence that found the Voyager probes?
(a) That the probes were intelligently designed.
(b) The human DNA sequence.
(c) The location of Earth.
(d) How to decode the records.

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

3. According to Sagan, which of the following was the most notable historical tool that humans used to explore the world?
(a) The Wheel.
(b) Compasses.
(c) Roads.
(d) Ships.

4. What means does Sagan suggest that humans use to represent and express their desire to wander?
(a) Colonization.
(b) Adventures.
(c) Trade.
(d) Stories and symbols.

5. What moon was found to have volcanoes?
(a) Io.
(b) Europa.
(c) Terpsichore.
(d) Persephone.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the major difference between space exploration and human exploration in the past?

2. Which other nation besides the United States led the way in space exploration?

3. When did the belief that Venus was a "sister planet" to Earth become dispelled?

4. How old are the terrain features generated by Venus' volcanoes?

5. Sagan describes humans as which of the following, with respect to their arrival in the universe?

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