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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What location is home to more than a million people who had their hearing permanently damaged in 2077?
(a) Russia.
(b) Austria.
(c) Verona.
(d) Padua.

2. Most asteroids tracked by Spaceguard are described as having this sort of orbit.
(a) Orbits that lay beyond Mars.
(b) Orbits dissimilar to Earth's orbit around the Sun.
(c) Orbits that keep asteroids within the confines of the asteroid belt.
(d) Orbits that posed a possible danger to Earth.

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

4. What does the first images of Rama prove?
(a) Rama is not a natural object.
(b) Rama is too far away to see clearly.
(c) The color of Rama fluctuates from black to shades of gray to white.
(d) The body of Rama is geometrically imperfect.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Chapter 1, what happens after the initial shock wore off in 2077?

2. What is a light curve?

3. When did the inhabitants of Europe see a dazzling fireball appear in the eastern sky?

4. SPACEGUARD is keeping track of how many asteroids at once?

5. What is unusual about object 31/439?

(see the answer key)

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