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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 1, von Däniken suggests that our solar system may be only a tiny part of a considerably larger stellar system containing how many galaxies?
(a) 200.
(b) 40.
(c) 1,000.
(d) 20.

2. What is the Noah of the Sumerians called?
(a) Marduk.
(b) Ziusudra.
(c) Noah.
(d) Gilgamesh.

3. Von Däniken claims that astronauts today travel around the world in how many minutes in Chapter 2?
(a) 8 days.
(b) 80 hours.
(c) 86 minutes.
(d) 86 hours.

4. How many tons of fuel would be on von Däniken's hypothetical spaceship in Chapter 2?
(a) 99,000.
(b) 80,000.
(c) 99,800.
(d) 125,000.

5. Which person among the savages would likely be made "king" in the hypothetical space travel of Chapter 2?
(a) The strongest.
(b) The most attractive.
(c) The most intelligent.
(d) The richest.

Short Answer Questions

1. Von Däniken is concerned with the fact that the edges of the Piri Reis maps do what at the edges?

2. Where in the Bible does von Däniken quote, "Thou canst not see my face, for there shall no man see me and live"?

3. Who worked out the basic rocket equation of space time in Chapter 2?

4. How many feet high is the Gate of the Sun at Tiahuanaco?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How fast does the rocket in Chapter 2 travel? How?

2. What does von Däniken cite from Genesis regarding giants in Chapter 4?

3. Who is Jules Verne and why does von Däniken mention him in Chapter 2?

4. What does von Däniken write of Gilgamesh in reference to the Flood of the Bible?

5. What does von Däniken suggest of the civilization on other planets in Chapter 1 in terms of their advancement?

6. What does von Däniken suggest about the Piri Reis maps in Chapter 3?

7. What are some of the examples in Tiahuanaco that von Däniken presents in Chapter 3?

8. Describe the spaceship in Chapter 2.

9. How are the "Vimanas" described in Chapter 6? What evidence is related to Kunti?

10. What hypothetical scenario does von Däniken present in Chapter 2?

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