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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What event do the inhabitants of Earth see as inevitable?
(a) The overpopulation of Earth.
(b) Catastrophic destruction caused by a meteorite from space landing in an inhabited city.
(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."

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

3. What is Straight Valley?
(a) A line dug into the sand near the Cylindrical Sea.
(b) A long groove or trench near Paris.
(c) A valley adjacent to the South Pole.
(d) A valley located next to the Rockies.

4. Which "city" on Rama is assumed to be more like an enormous factory or chemical processing plant?
(a) Paris.
(b) New York.
(c) Tokyo.
(d) Peking.

5. In Chapter 12, Norton notices something remarkable as he is exploring. What is it?
(a) He could take Rama for granted despite its size.
(b) Normal walking is possible in the lowered gravity.
(c) There are no signs of wear and tear.
(d) Ramans must have been physical-fitness fanatics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 10, how do the explorers descend the ladder?

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

3. What surprises Commander Norton as he approached Rama for the rendezvous?

4. How big is the mass of Rama?

5. What is the expected effect of an matter-antimatter reaction?

(see the answer key)

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