Read the following text to answer QUESTION.
The Songs of Distant Earth
Nobody knows how big the universe is. Does it have an end, or does it go on forever? Is there more than one universe? The distances ∈ are so great that they are measured ∈ lightyears, and who knows how many stars and planets lie beyond the reach of the eyes and ears of our science?
These stories are full of the mysteries of the universe. Why do the Tibetan lamas want to find out the nine billion names of God? What is the terrible secret discovered by scientists working on the Moon? On a far distant planet, under a different sun, Shervane knows he must cross the Wall of Darkness, even if madness lies on its other side. Bill Cross, at home on Earth, hears friendly voices ∈ his mind; he thinks he has drunk too much whisky and does not understand the warning coming from the planet Thaar five hundred light-years away.
And on the planet Thalassa, Lora watches the starship Magellan as it flies ∈ from outer , bringing with it love and pain and dreams – the sweet sad songs of distant Earth…
CLARKE. The Songs of Distant Earth. Introduction, 3rd ed. Unigraf, 2001.
Mark the CORRECT alternative(s) according to the text.
I. The author states that no person is aware of the size of the universe.
II. The author asks if somebody has additional information about the number of visible stars and planets that exist ∈ the universe.
III. The author inquired about the Tibetan lamas’ unwillingness of learning about the paltry number of names that God is usually known.
IV. The author asks about the appalling secret found by experts ∈ science who work on the Moon.
V. The author requests contemptuous information about the simplistic explanations of the universe.
