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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For the object 31/149, what do the numbers represent?
(a) The year and order of its discovery.
(b) The angular parameters of an object's elliptical orbit.
(c) The brightness of an object based on the magnitude scale.
(d) The year and order of its discovery.

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

3. At first, Rama is believed to be what?
(a) An ergosphere.
(b) A comet.
(c) A rotating black hole.
(d) A collapsed star.

4. Rama is compared to what ordinary object?
(a) A hot air balloon.
(b) An airship.
(c) A globe.
(d) A boiler.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a light curve?

2. Most asteroids tracked by Spaceguard are described as having this sort of orbit.

3. What is the initial reaction of the human race to Rama?

4. In Chapter 3, who is the current chairman of the Space Advisory Council?

5. How does one astronomer refer to asteroids?

(see the answer key)

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