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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 7, von Däniken writes that to the north of Damascus lies the terrace of what?
(a) Gibraltar.
(b) Ziusudra.
(c) Baalbek.
(d) Yukatan.

2. Where is the Great Idol?
(a) Tiahuanaco.
(b) Sacsahumain.
(c) Egypt.
(d) Sumeria.

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

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

5. The distance covered by the Mayans from the territory of the old to the new kingdom measures how many miles?
(a) 400.
(b) 250.
(c) 220.
(d) 100.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. As far as the tunneling techniques, von Däniken says that the tomb of Tety in the 6th dynasty is no different than whose of the New Kingdom?

3. Von Däniken says in Chapter 2, "Let us assume that our spaceship will leave the earth for an unknown distant sun in ____ years' time."

4. The Tibetan books of Tantyua and what also mention prehistoric flying machines?

5. Von Däniken suggests that the planet upon which the hypothetical spaceship lands in Chapter 2 is how many years earlier in development than the Earth?

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