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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who created the geometric features in Peru which von Däniken discusses in Chapter 3?
(a) The Eskimos.
(b) The Enkidu.
(c) The Mayans.
(d) The Incas.

2. What geometrical figures does von Däniken refer to in Peru?
(a) Quacksysla.
(b) Nazca lines.
(c) Sacsahuaman.
(d) Topkapi lines.

3. Some argue that the maps of Piri Reis depict America and what before exploration?
(a) Africa.
(b) Australia.
(c) China.
(d) Antarctica.

4. In Chapter 2, what are the fuel supplies in the rocket which can reach almost the speed of light converted to ?
(a) Electromagnetic radiation.
(b) Hydrogen and nitrogen.
(c) Carbon dioxide.
(d) Mercury.

5. Von Däniken is concerned with the fact that the edges of the Piri Reis maps do what at the edges?
(a) Distort.
(b) Show radiation.
(c) Disappear.
(d) Crumble.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The first "tourist" photos were radioed to Earth from Mars in the spring of what year?

3. How many fixed stars are in our Milky Way, according to von Däniken in Chapter 1?

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

5. Von Däniken asserts that the Piri Reis maps were derived through what?

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