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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. SPACEGUARD is keeping track of how many asteroids at once?
(a) One hundred thousand.
(b) Fifty thousand.
(c) Two hundred fifty thousand.
(d) Half a million.

2. What does the Commander and his companion use to move around on Rama after landing?
(a) Propellent.
(b) Jets and guide ropes.
(c) A shuttle.
(d) Space suits with power packs.

3. What is a light curve?
(a) The extent to which an asteroid waxes over a period of hours.
(b) The extent to which an asteroid wanes over a period of hours.
(c) The degree to which an asteroid's orbit bends.
(d) A slow variation in the brilliance of all asteroids.

4. How does one astronomer refer to asteroids?
(a) Arrows of outrageously bad fortune.
(b) Fireworks of the heavens.
(c) Vermin of the skies.
(d) Pests of gigantic proportion.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long is the normal "day" for a normal asteroid versus one for Rama?

2. How old is Dr. Bose?

3. What is the object that is first cataloged as 31/439?

4. What event do the inhabitants of Earth see as inevitable?

5. What loss is so great that it was beyond all computation?

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