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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. What do the documents in Chapter 43 list?
(a) Kings after the First Dynasty.
(b) Kings before the First Dynasty.
(c) Kings during the Second Dynasty.
(d) Kings during the First Dynasty.

2. How many years does it take for the axis angle to make a full cycle oscillation across the range?
(a) 4,000.
(b) 41,000.
(c) 40,000.
(d) 4,100.

3. Who is Jane Sellers?
(a) An archaeo-astronomer.
(b) A socio-astronomer.
(c) A geologist-astronomer.
(d) An explorer.

4. What did Hancock discover about the Great Pyramid's faces?
(a) Its faces are perfectly aligned.
(b) Its faces are more visible by night.
(c) Its faces are only visible by day.
(d) Its faces are slightly off in their alignment.

5. How much does the average block of the Great Pyramid weigh?
(a) 200 pounds.
(b) 300 pounds.
(c) 2.5 tons.
(d) 3.5 tons.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years does it take for the sun to complete one half-degree shift?

2. What did sacred writings offer evidence of in Chapter 41?

3. How high is the entry to the Great Pyramid?

4. When is it believed that the Great Pyramid was built?

5. What is the only other pyramid in the world, besides the Great Pyramid, to use a variant on pi?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the connection between the Mayans and modern astrologers?

2. What did the ancient Egyptians mean when they believed the Sphinx guarded the "Splendid Place at the Beginning of All Time"?

3. Why did the Greeks build the Great Pyramid with engineering accuracy, whose costs seem to far exceed any benefit?

4. Is Hancock correct in his assertion that what he discovered that has already happened, can happen again?

5. Why did Hancock mention his researcher's resignation in Chapter 50?

6. What did the founder of modern Egyptology mean in Chapter 34 when he said that the Great Pyramid's builders "thought like men 100 feet tall"?

7. What theory is the focus of Chapter 51?

8. Is Hancock's message in Chapter 52 justified, based on the book as a whole?

9. What did the author mean in Chapter 33 when he referred to the boats at the base of the Great Pyramid as seeming to be of a quality exceeding the presumed need to transport a dead king to heaven?

10. In Chapter 36, which explanation for the pyramids with empty coffins is the most plausible?

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