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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Andreas Roma.
(c) Alberto Tulli.
(d) Ronald Watson.

2. The ancient Indian epic which is more comprehensive than the Bible is called what?
(a) Gilgamesh.
(b) Sterilitis.
(c) Mahabharata.
(d) Oresnso.

3. Around what time did Thutmose III live, as referred to in Chapter 6?
(a) 1500 B.C.
(b) 1550 B.C.
(c) 1200 B.C.
(d) 1300 B.C.

4. How many days is the Venusian year in Mayan understandings?
(a) 584.
(b) 265.
(c) 365.
(d) 150.

5. Who excavated the bodies of youths and jewelry from the well at Chichen Itza?
(a) Edward Herbert Thompson.
(b) Andrew Lawrence Fuller.
(c) Robert Andrew Floyd.
(d) James T. Nelson.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Mayans left behind them calculations to last how many years?

2. What is the title of Chapter 9?

3. What is the Mayan religion of the Feathered Serpent called?

4. Whose mythology describes the first tribes brought to the North by gods with brazen wings?

5. Von Däniken asserts that the Piri Reis maps were derived through what?

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