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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 2, how many tons is the payload in von Däniken's hypothetical spaceship?
(a) 300.
(b) 400.
(c) 200.
(d) 100.

2. What biologist recreated atmospheric conditions similar to those on Jupiter and bred bacteria and mites in the atmosphere?
(a) Dr. Gerald Kimble.
(b) Dr. Stephen Wright.
(c) Dr. Sanford Siegel.
(d) Dr. Daniel Kimgrow.

3. What biochemist does von Däniken cite in Chapter 1 as hypothesizing that the conditions for life may have developed more quickly on other planets?
(a) Dr. James Wasman.
(b) Dr. Sarah Stein.
(c) Dr. Stanley Miller.
(d) Dr. Donald Warsaw.

4. What astronomer estimates that there are some 10 to the 20th-power stars within the range of our telescopes?
(a) Harlow Shapley.
(b) Jan Leys.
(c) Hal Holbrook.
(d) Bruno Michela.

5. How many feet high is the Gate of the Sun at Tiahuanaco?
(a) 60 feet.
(b) 30 feet.
(c) 10 feet.
(d) 20 feet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What electronic item does von Däniken write we have found from many thousands of years ago?

2. What well-known scientific writer told von Däniken, "The estimated number of stars in our Milky Way alone amounts to 30 billion"?

3. What do the savages believe the astronauts to be in Chapter 2?

4. How many tons does von Däniken's hypothetical spaceship weigh in Chapter 2?

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

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