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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 origin of the name of object 31/149?
(a) Roman mythology.
(b) Hindu mythology.
(c) Greek mythology.
(d) Norse mythology.

2. How does one astronomer refer to asteroids?
(a) Vermin of the skies.
(b) Pests of gigantic proportion.
(c) Arrows of outrageously bad fortune.
(d) Fireworks of the heavens.

3. How expensive is time on a big orbiting telescope?
(a) A thousand dollars an hour.
(b) Ten thousand dollars per quarter hour.
(c) Ten thousand dollars an hour.
(d) A thousand dollars a minute.

4. What is the object that is first cataloged as 31/439?
(a) One of Jupiter's moons.
(b) A chunk of space junk that is tracked by the super computers until it crashes into Mars.
(c) One of Saturn's rings.
(d) The mysterious object that became known as Rama.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What cities narrowly miss being destroyed in the 20th century?

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