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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Humans are more closely related to chimpanzees than _____________________.
(a) Spiders are to scorpions.
(b) Dolphins are to whales.
(c) Rats are to mice.
(d) Dogs are to wolves.

2. Whose portrait can be seen on the Uranian moon Ariel?
(a) Joseph Stalin.
(b) Leon Trotsky.
(c) Bugs Bunny.
(d) Jesus Christ.

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

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

5. Who were responsible for the original crop circles?
(a) Bower and Chorley.
(b) Hawkins and Arthur.
(c) Ridley and Koestler.
(d) Lundberg and Andrews.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the center of which galaxy are millions of voices reportedly singing 'Glory, glory, glory to the Lord on high?'

2. According to Hans Hörbiger, what is the Milky Way made of?

3. What does Carl Sagan work mostly with?

4. Why does the driver become sad?

5. What tabloid carried headlines about Martian civilizations?

(see the answer key)

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