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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Carl Sagan in love with?
(a) Science.
(b) His mistress.
(c) Power.
(d) Money.

2. Which branch of science cannot foretell the future?
(a) Astrology.
(b) Ecology.
(c) Paleontology.
(d) Scientology.

3. What was Silas Newton's alien gear made of?
(a) An unknown material.
(b) Spacecraft-grade titanium.
(c) Elerium 115.
(d) Kitchen-pot aluminum.

4. What is one of the 'great commandments of science?'
(a) 'Trust authority to know best.'
(b) 'Authority is where funding comes from.'
(c) 'Mistrust arguments from authority.'
(d) 'Use science to destroy authority.'

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does each field of science have?

2. Whose portrait can be seen on the Uranian moon Ariel?

3. Where did crop circles originate from?

4. When was Sputnik 1 launched?

5. Where on Mars is the 'face' located?

(see the answer key)

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