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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15, The Gates of the Wonder World Open, Chapter 16, Scaling Heaven.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Einstein's work undermined what concept?
(a) That the Sun is unique.
(b) That light is the fastest thing in the universe.
(c) That humans can travel to distant stars.
(d) That our frame of motion is stationary.

2. Sagan suggest that modern religious thinking treats scientific evidence in what way?
(a) It blatantly disregards the evidence.
(b) It makes no statements about the evidence.
(c) It intrudes on the evidence.
(d) It is cautious about the evidence.

3. What form do the materials that planets emerge from take before they coalesce into proto-planets?
(a) A cloud.
(b) A disc.
(c) A sphere.
(d) A star.

4. At the time this book was written, how many planets were known to exist around other stars?
(a) None.
(b) About twenty.
(c) Ten.
(d) About fifty.

5. The Anthropic Principle is divided into two theories that are termed what?
(a) Strong and weak.
(b) Greater and lesser.
(c) Old and new.
(d) Orthodox and reformed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Martian soil seem to contain?

2. What does Neptune's moon have less of compared to Titan?

3. Which of the following is one of the moons of Mars?

4. Where does Neptune fall in the mission plan for the Voyager probes?

5. What scientist is well-known for writing about the differences between species of animals?

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