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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what language were the tablets of King Hammurabi written?
(a) Sumerian.
(b) Sanskrit.
(c) Akkadian.
(d) Hebrew.

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

3. In Chapter 2, how many tons is the payload in von Däniken's hypothetical spaceship?
(a) 300.
(b) 100.
(c) 200.
(d) 400.

4. What do the savages believe the astronauts to be in Chapter 2?
(a) Gods.
(b) Aliens.
(c) Monsters.
(d) Kings.

5. Von Däniken says in Chapter 2, "Let us assume that our spaceship will leave the earth for an unknown distant sun in ____ years' time."
(a) 50.
(b) 200.
(c) 150.
(d) 100.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 6, what Mayan legend tells of the gods being able to recognize everything?

2. The terrace north of Damascus is a platform built of stone blocks, some of which weigh nearly how many tons?

3. Which person among the savages would likely be made "king" in the hypothetical space travel of Chapter 2?

4. If the Egyptians had a daily piece rate of 10 blocks in a stack, they would have built the Great Pyramid in how many years?

5. In Chapter 3, von Däniken writes that our historical past is pieced together through what kind of knowledge?

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