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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 21, To The Sky!, Chapter 22, Tiptoeing Through the Milky Way.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The records on the Voyager craft are most like what type of information storage method?
(a) A telegraph code.
(b) Magnetic data storage.
(c) Braille.
(d) A phonograph.

2. Why does Sagan say that Mars is a more desirable target for human exploration than the moon?
(a) It is more inhabitable.
(b) It has more to teach.
(c) It is more like Earth.
(d) It has more resources.

3. When did a "disrupted" comet famously fall into Jupiter?
(a) 1982.
(b) 1994.
(c) 2000.
(d) 1964.

4. Sagan suggests that the image of the "pale blue dot" teaches the need for what?
(a) Science education.
(b) Kindness.
(c) Space exploration.
(d) Peace.

5. In what year did humans visit the moon for the last time?
(a) 1969.
(b) 1975.
(c) 1979.
(d) 1972.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is one of the "great demotions" that Sagan cites?

2. What is the main component of the atmosphere of Venus?

3. According to Sagan, which of the following was the most notable historical tool that humans used to explore the world?

4. Sagan worries about how societies of what type would handle the technology that could stop Earth-bound asteroids?

5. William Herschel, the discoverer of Uranus, had what unusual profession?

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