View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, Among the Moons of Saturn, Chapter 8, The First New Planet.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sagan say that philosophy and religion should provide?
(a) Truth.
(b) Guidance.
(c) Comfort.
(d) Kindness.

2. What visual resolution would be required to determine the existence of intelligent life on Earth?
(a) 1 meter.
(b) 100 meters.
(c) 10 cm.
(d) 1,000 meters.

3. What astronomical discovery did Galileo make that significantly damaged the geocentric theory?
(a) Stars are stationary relative to the Earth.
(b) Gravity moves the planets.
(c) Jupiter has its own moons.
(d) Planets move in ellipses.

4. Titan orbits what planet?
(a) Jupiter.
(b) Saturn.
(c) Neptune.
(d) Uranus.

5. Which other nation besides the United States led the way in space exploration?
(a) Japan.
(b) The Soviet Union.
(c) China.
(d) France.

Short Answer Questions

1. What innovation was crucial in discovering Titan?

2. What hazard threatened the Voyager craft in Sagan's plan to take a distant picture of Earth?

3. What is one trait of human beings that Sagan cites as being responsible for our belief in our importance in the universe?

4. In what way is Titan's cold atmosphere an advantage for the formation of life?

5. The Anthropic Principle is divided into two theories that are termed what?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 232 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample