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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. Sagan helped to discover that Saturn provides what critical element to Titan?
(a) Energy.
(b) Hydrogen.
(c) Tidal forces.
(d) A magnetosphere.

2. What punishment did Galileo suffer as a result of his works?
(a) He was beheaded.
(b) He was imprisoned for life.
(c) He was burned at the stake.
(d) He was put under permanent house arrest.

3. How are chunks of Martian rock studied on Earth?
(a) They are returned by two-way probes.
(b) They fall to the Earth.
(c) They are simulated with moon rocks.
(d) They are captured in space.

4. What was the name of the second mission that sent probes into the atmosphere of Venus?
(a) Brahe.
(b) Hubble.
(c) Kepler.
(d) Mariner.

5. Why do some suggest capturing asteroids in Earth orbit?
(a) To mine them for resources.
(b) To study them.
(c) To use them as weapons.
(d) To use them as space stations.

Short Answer Questions

1. The primary discipline that Sagan argues nations benefit from by investing in space exploration is called which of the following?

2. The "great demotions" are changes in thinking about the status of what?

3. What was the state of the knowledge and belief about life on other planets at the time the book was written?

4. Which other nation besides the United States led the way in space exploration?

5. Which of the following planets is NOT known to have a ring system?

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