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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Mayans believed that a fixed number of steps of a building had to be completed every how many years?
(a) 52.
(b) 23.
(c) 365.
(d) 100.

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

3. The Mayans left behind them calculations to last how many years?
(a) 45,000,000.
(b) 64,000,000.
(c) 65,000,000.
(d) 45,000,000.

4. What is the title of Chapter 3?
(a) When Our Spaceship Landed on Earth.
(b) Ancient Imagination and Legends, or Ancient Facts?
(c) The Search for Direct Communication.
(d) The Improbable World of the Unexplained.

5. What geometrical figures does von Däniken refer to in Peru?
(a) Quacksysla.
(b) Nazca lines.
(c) Sacsahuaman.
(d) Topkapi lines.

Short Answer Questions

1. The ancient Indian epic which is more comprehensive than the Bible is called what?

2. Tikal lies how many miles from the Gulf of Honduras?

3. Around what time did Thutmose III live, as referred to in Chapter 6?

4. The pyramid of Cholula is how many miles south of the Mexican capital?

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

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