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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17-23.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is more disconcerting to Norton while in New York as compared to the plains of Rama?
(a) The smell.
(b) The height of the cliffs.
(c) The wind.
(d) The silence.

2. What does the Commander think about the amount of responsibility he must shoulder on this mission?
(a) He is uncertain that it is smart to put all decision-making authority in the hands of one commander.
(b) He is glad that some of the decisions are made by those on Earth, but also envies navigators of the past.
(c) He wishes he had less decision-making authority.
(d) He enjoys having the lion's share of decision-making authority.

3. How many wives does Commander Norton have?
(a) Three.
(b) None.
(c) Two.
(d) One.

4. What is unusual about object 31/439?
(a) It is traveling in an ellipse with clockwork precision that is retraced every few years.
(b) It is given a name of a mythological creature.
(c) It is traveling straight past the orbits of the inner planets and will impact the Sun.
(d) It has a diameter of forty kilometers and is traveling in an atypical asteroidal path.

5. What do the Rama Committee members want to find evidence, or lack thereof, on Rama?
(a) Intelligence.
(b) Life.
(c) Propulsion.
(d) Natural resources.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are the first three explorers on Rama?

2. What event do the inhabitants of Earth see as inevitable?

3. In Chapter 10, how do the explorers descend the ladder?

4. What type of force does the Commander account for upon landing the Endeavour?

5. When did the inhabitants of Europe see a dazzling fireball appear in the eastern sky?

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