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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Carl Sagan work mostly with?
(a) Physics.
(b) Weather.
(c) Planets.
(d) Economics.

2. Which of the following was not a codename for a military balloon?
(a) Skyhook.
(b) Genetrix.
(c) Mogul.
(d) Ulysses.

3. What group 'powerfully influenced' Christian philosophy?
(a) Platonists.
(b) The students of Socrates.
(c) Aristoteliens.
(d) Neo-Platonists.

4. 'It is a characteristic conceit of our species to put a human face on ____________________.'
(a) Linear chaotic elements.
(b) Assorted dimensional rifts.
(c) Various interplanetary travels.
(d) Random cosmic violence.

5. What did Travis Walton's mother say when her son was hit by alien lightning and taken into space?
(a) 'Well, that's the way these things happen.'
(b) 'He's not in space, he's living in my basement.'
(c) 'You've got to be kidding me.'
(d) 'Get off my lawn or I'll shoot you.'

Short Answer Questions

1. What tabloid carried headlines about Martian civilizations?

2. How many schizophrenics are there on Earth?

3. What is the code-name for the documents given to Jaime Shandera?

4. What does Carl see every time he looks at the moon?

5. What does Carl Sagan say Howard Blum does not understand?

(see the answer key)

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