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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What event do the inhabitants of Earth see as inevitable?
(a) The destruction of the city of Venice by a tsunami, caused by the eruption of Krakatoa.
(b) The overpopulation of Earth.
(c) Continued cosmic bombardment of the Moon, causing additional scarring of the "face."
(d) Catastrophic destruction caused by a meteorite from space landing in an inhabited city.

2. What cities narrowly miss being destroyed in the 20th century?
(a) New York and London.
(b) Venice and Rome.
(c) Moscow and Vladivostok.
(d) Padua and Verona.

3. Where does Dr. Bose currently reside?
(a) On the moon.
(b) On a space station.
(c) On Earth.
(d) On Mars.

4. What type of force does the Commander account for upon landing the Endeavour?
(a) Contact force.
(b) Frictional force.
(c) Centrifugal force.
(d) Gravitational force.

5. Where on Rama does the Endeavour land?
(a) At the North Pole.
(b) In the shadows of the structures near the axis.
(c) Near the sundial in the sunlit portion.
(d) At the very center.

Short Answer Questions

1. What slides out of the wall of the pillbox-shaped structure?

2. What is the expected effect of an matter-antimatter reaction?

3. What does Dr. Bose long for?

4. Who goes with the Commander on the first EVA?

5. How does the book describe the world's population at the end of the 21st century?

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