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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, von Däniken writes that if the hypothetical spaceship consists solely of its payload after a journey of how long, the supplies will have been used up?
(a) 200 light years.
(b) 80 light years.
(c) 124 light years.
(d) 90 light years.

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

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

4. What well-known scientific writer told von Däniken, "The estimated number of stars in our Milky Way alone amounts to 30 billion"?
(a) Jan Leys.
(b) James Walters.
(c) Michael Anderson.
(d) Willy Ley.

5. Von Däniken asserts that the Piri Reis maps were derived through what?
(a) Extraterrestrial maps.
(b) Telepathy.
(c) Aerial photography.
(d) Extraterrestrial drawings.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many different species of living creatures are estimated to live on Earth, according to von Däniken?

3. Where is the Great Idol?

4. Who published Theory of Satellites in 1927?

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

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