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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is a light curve?
(a) The extent to which an asteroid wanes over a period of hours.
(b) The extent to which an asteroid waxes 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.

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

4. How does the book describe the world's population at the end of the 21st century?
(a) Europe is more densely populated than fifty years earlier.
(b) The human race is facing extinction from natural disasters.
(c) The human race has spread from pole to pole.
(d) Cities in the northern hemisphere are sparsely populated.

5. What surprises Commander Norton as he approached Rama for the rendezvous?
(a) Rama's overwhelming size.
(b) That landing on the Moon or Mars is easier than landing on Rama.
(c) That Jupiter VIII is slightly larger than Rama.
(d) The realization that Rama's mass is smaller than predicted.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Sita?

2. For the object 31/149, what do the numbers represent?

3. What location has one-third as much gravity as Earth?

4. How does Commander Norton feel about landing on Rama?

5. How many asteroids are being discovered by PROJECT SPACEGUARD by the year 2130?

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