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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 is the initial reaction of the human race to Rama?
(a) Dismay.
(b) Excitement.
(c) Fear.
(d) Curiosity.

2. What is a light curve?
(a) A slow variation in the brilliance of all asteroids.
(b) The extent to which an asteroid waxes over a period of hours.
(c) The extent to which an asteroid wanes over a period of hours.
(d) The degree to which an asteroid's orbit bends.

3. What event do the inhabitants of Earth see as inevitable?
(a) Catastrophic destruction caused by a meteorite from space landing in an inhabited city.
(b) The overpopulation of Earth.
(c) The destruction of the city of Venice by a tsunami, caused by the eruption of Krakatoa.
(d) Continued cosmic bombardment of the Moon, causing additional scarring of the "face."

4. SPACEGUARD is keeping track of how many asteroids at once?
(a) One hundred thousand.
(b) Two hundred fifty thousand.
(c) Half a million.
(d) Fifty thousand.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What words does the author use to portray the vast majority of asteroids?

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

4. The reference to the five giants is referring to what group of five?

5. What is the object that is first cataloged as 31/439?

(see the answer key)

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