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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The statues of Easter Island were between 33 and ___ feet high.
(a) 75.
(b) 27.
(c) 43.
(d) 66.

2. In the Introduction, what does von Däniken suggest must take over the work of archeological research?
(a) Novelists.
(b) Modern laboratories.
(c) Museum curators.
(d) Astronauts.

3. What is the title of Chapter 5?
(a) Ancient Imagination and Legends, or Ancient Facts?
(b) Easter Island - Land of the Bird Men.
(c) Fiery Chariots from the Heavens.
(d) Was God an Astronaut?

4. What is the name of the former keeper of the Egyptian Department of the Vatican who found a text from the time of Thutmose III?
(a) James Wilson.
(b) Alberto Tulli.
(c) Ronald Watson.
(d) Andreas Roma.

5. In Chapter 1, how many planetary systems does the scientific writer tell von Däniken are considered possible by present-day astronomers?
(a) 30 billion.
(b) 10 billion.
(c) 16 billion.
(d) 20 billion.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where were the tablets of King Hammurabi found?

2. Who is the grandfather of all science-fiction novelists, according to von Däniken in Chapter 2?

3. Van Daniken states in Chapter 8 that our accurate knowledge of America is only how many years old?

4. What archeologist's investigations of Easter Island produced three clearly distinctive periods?

5. One Indian story tells of Aryuna speaking of a weapon which would kill any warrior with what on his body?

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