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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 notable about the Sun's light in Sagan's distant picture of the Earth?
(a) It appears to bathe the Earth in light.
(b) It is extremely dim.
(c) It creates a halo around the Earth.
(d) It appears as many distinct shafts of light.

2. As of the writing of this book, how many moons was Uranus known to have?
(a) Ten.
(b) Five.
(c) Seven.
(d) Twelve.

3. One feature that Sagan suggests would be easier to detect that human intelligence would be flatulence from what kind of animal?
(a) Krill.
(b) Cows.
(c) Sheep.
(d) Plankton.

4. Earth will most likely lose contact with the Voyager probes when what happens?
(a) They pass the troposphere.
(b) Their solar cells die.
(c) Their radio transmitters die.
(d) They reach the Kuiper belt.

5. What planet did Sagan spend a great deal of time studying when an important space probe passed near it in 1976?
(a) Saturn.
(b) Mercury.
(c) Mars.
(d) Venus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What planet represents the farthest distance from Earth that the Voyager craft were intended to function at?

2. Sagan compares the human need for religion to what?

3. What does Sagan say the rings of Saturn composed of?

4. When does Sagan think that the human race will be "on its way"?

5. What means does Sagan suggest that humans use to represent and express their desire to wander?

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