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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From what book of the Bible does von Däniken cite, "And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness"?
(a) Genesis 6:4.
(b) Genesis 12:23.
(c) Genesis 2:10.
(d) Genesis 1:26.

2. What book in the Bible is paralleled by the main thread of the Epic of Gilgamesh?
(a) Exodus.
(b) Revelations.
(c) Moses.
(d) Genesis.

3. The ancient Indian epic which is more comprehensive than the Bible is over how many years old?
(a) 4,000.
(b) 6,000.
(c) 3,000.
(d) 5,000.

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

5. What is the exact calculation of the terrestrial calendar in days today?
(a) 365.2155.
(b) 365.2422.
(c) 365.2111.
(d) 365.4511.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 2, how many tons is the payload in von Däniken's hypothetical spaceship?

2. As far as the tunneling techniques, von Däniken says that the tomb of Tety in the 6th dynasty is no different than whose of the New Kingdom?

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

4. The height of the Great Pyramid of Cheops multiplied by a thousand million miles corresponds approximately to the distance of the earth to what?

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

(see the answer key)

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