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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 farthest orbital location that humans have ventured to since the last time men went to the moon?
(a) Low Earth orbit.
(b) High Earth orbit.
(c) Geosynchronous orbit.
(d) Parking orbit.

2. Sagan uses what term to describe a theology that requires God to intentionally mislead human scientists?
(a) Unsupportable.
(b) Typical.
(c) Dogmatic.
(d) Malevolent.

3. What astronomical discovery did Galileo make that significantly damaged the geocentric theory?
(a) Jupiter has its own moons.
(b) Gravity moves the planets.
(c) Planets move in ellipses.
(d) Stars are stationary relative to the Earth.

4. Sagan worries about how societies of what type would handle the technology that could stop Earth-bound asteroids?
(a) Totalitarian.
(b) Liberal.
(c) Socialist.
(d) Progressive.

5. What element does Sagan say motivated the space programs of the 60s and 70s?
(a) Curiosity.
(b) Brinksmanship.
(c) Nationalism.
(d) Scientific endeavor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What abstract concept does Sagan specifically say he is optimistic about?

2. Who was the first to discover moons around another planet?

3. What form do the materials that planets emerge from take before they coalesce into proto-planets?

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

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

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