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

2. What is used for a far nobler purpose at the end of Chapter 1?
(a) The natural resources found in Europe.
(b) The wealth of the countries that make up the European Union.
(c) The weaponry skills acquired in the late twentieth century.
(d) The software designed to simulate "celestial target practice."

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

4. After how many years does PROJECT SPACEGUARD justify its existence?
(a) One hundred and twenty.
(b) Thirty.
(c) Fifty.
(d) One hundred.

5. How long is the normal "day" for a normal asteroid versus one for Rama?
(a) Nearly twelve hours versus about an hour.
(b) About the same as for the Earth and the Moon.
(c) About the same as for Mars and Venus.
(d) Several hours versus four minutes.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How does the book describe the world's population at the end of the 21st century?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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