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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the geometric features of Peru resemble to von Däniken?
(a) A symbol to spaceships.
(b) An extraterrestrial language.
(c) A symbol of a god.
(d) An ancient runway.

2. What do the savages believe the astronauts to be in Chapter 2?
(a) Gods.
(b) Aliens.
(c) Kings.
(d) Monsters.

3. Who worked out the basic rocket equation of space time in Chapter 2?
(a) Professor Brahm.
(b) Professor Janeson.
(c) Professor Beckett.
(d) Professor Ackeret.

4. The Great Idol is a block of red sandstone that weighs how many tons?
(a) 20.
(b) 100.
(c) 30.
(d) 60.

5. The first "tourist" photos were radioed to Earth from Mars in the spring of what year?
(a) 1943.
(b) 1950.
(c) 1958.
(d) 1965.

Short Answer Questions

1. What geometrical figures does von Däniken refer to in Peru?

2. What major astronomical event took place in the same period that von Däniken wrote the book?

3. What biologist recreated atmospheric conditions similar to those on Jupiter and bred bacteria and mites in the atmosphere?

4. What friend, to whom von Däniken refers as his travel companion for many years, does he thank in the Introduction?

5. How do the hypothetical space travelers travel into the air in Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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