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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17, Routine Interplanetary Violence, Chapter 18, The Marsh of Camarina.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As of 1990, how many moons did the Voyager craft explore?
(a) Ten.
(b) Six.
(c) Sixty.
(d) Thirty.

2. What planet is the "evening star"?
(a) Mars.
(b) Mercury.
(c) Saturn.
(d) Venus.

3. What is notable about the Sun's light in Sagan's distant picture of the Earth?
(a) It creates a halo around the Earth.
(b) It appears to bathe the Earth in light.
(c) It appears as many distinct shafts of light.
(d) It is extremely dim.

4. At the time this book was written, about how many asteroids were known to have paths that take them close to the Earth?
(a) 2000.
(b) 200.
(c) 500.
(d) 1000.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What role does Sagan suggest that religion has played in the development of science?

2. About how long does Sagan suggest that human beings have been "settled down"?

3. What does Sagan suggest that cavemen were usually looking for when they wandered?

4. Sagan uses what term to describe a theology that requires God to intentionally mislead human scientists?

5. According to Sagan, when viewed from space, how apparent would the existence of life on Earth be?

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