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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 21, To The Sky!, Chapter 22, Tiptoeing Through the Milky Way.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Many of organic molecules arrived on Earth from what source?
(a) Asteroids.
(b) Space dust.
(c) Comets.
(d) Meteors.
2. Sagan worries about how societies of what type would handle the technology that could stop Earth-bound asteroids?
(a) Socialist.
(b) Liberal.
(c) Progressive.
(d) Totalitarian.
3. What does Sagan claim is the key element of humanity's future?
(a) Distant worlds.
(b) Terraforming.
(c) Faster than light travel.
(d) Deep space travel.
4. At the time this book was written, how many Mars Observers had been flown successfully?
(a) None.
(b) Five.
(c) One.
(d) Three.
5. Sagan expects both Voyager spacecrafts to continue to broadcast data through what year?
(a) 2050.
(b) 2010.
(c) 2015.
(d) 2030.
Short Answer Questions
1. According to Sagan, how profitable is it for a nation to invest in space exploration?
2. What was Neptune's position in the solar system as of the writing of this book?
3. What hazard threatened the Voyager craft in Sagan's plan to take a distant picture of Earth?
4. What does the Geocentric theory state?
5. When was Neptune discovered?
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