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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 Commander Norton feel about landing on Rama?
(a) A healthy dose of caution.
(b) A mixture of elation and anxiety.
(c) Filled with trepedation.
(d) A sense of danger and surprise.

2. What loss is so great that it was beyond all computation?
(a) The loss of resources and skills acquired during the twentieth century.
(b) The loss of beautiful dawns and sunsets all over the world.
(c) The loss to art, to history, to science--and to the whole human race, for the rest of time.
(d) The loss of six hundred thousand people.

3. In Chapter 3, who is the current chairman of the Space Advisory Council?
(a) Commander Norton.
(b) Dr. Stenton.
(c) Dr. Price.
(d) Professor Davidson.

4. Which way do "clocks and corkscrews" turn on Rama?
(a) The opposite direction as on Earth.
(b) In and out.
(c) Forwards.
(d) The same direction as on Earth.

5. How many asteroids are being discovered by PROJECT SPACEGUARD by the year 2130?
(a) Twelve a day.
(b) A thousand in 120 years.
(c) Two hundred a year.
(d) Five a month.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the Calypso, Beagle, and Challenger waiting for?

2. Why is a cloud of vapor sent toward Rama?

3. Why is Dr. Bose "exiled" from the Earth?

4. What is the origin of the name of object 31/149?

5. What is unusual about object 31/439?

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