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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 3, von Däniken writes that our historical past is pieced together through what kind of knowledge?
(a) Written.
(b) Indirect.
(c) Visual.
(d) Oral.

2. Who created the geometric features in Peru which von Däniken discusses in Chapter 3?
(a) The Enkidu.
(b) The Mayans.
(c) The Eskimos.
(d) The Incas.

3. When did Greek sponge divers discover a wrecked ship loaded with marble and bronze statues?
(a) 1950.
(b) 1900.
(c) 1920.
(d) 1800.

4. What do the geometric features of Peru resemble to von Däniken?
(a) A symbol to spaceships.
(b) An extraterrestrial language.
(c) An ancient runway.
(d) A symbol of a god.

5. Where is the Great Idol?
(a) Sacsahumain.
(b) Tiahuanaco.
(c) Sumeria.
(d) Egypt.

Short Answer Questions

1. The pre-Incan people believed that the gods came down to them from the constellation of what?

2. In what year did the Mayan calendar begin?

3. Where was the Sumerian library of 60,000 clay tablets discovered?

4. What is the name of the pyramid that is the biggest of the Mayans, belonging to the god Kukulkan?

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

(see the answer key)

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