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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Von Däniken asserts that the Piri Reis maps were derived through what?
(a) Extraterrestrial drawings.
(b) Extraterrestrial maps.
(c) Telepathy.
(d) Aerial photography.

2. In Chapter 2, what are the fuel supplies in the rocket which can reach almost the speed of light converted to ?
(a) Electromagnetic radiation.
(b) Carbon dioxide.
(c) Hydrogen and nitrogen.
(d) Mercury.

3. Von Däniken asserts in Chapter 1 that even on planet Earth there are organisms which live without what?
(a) Electricity.
(b) Carbon.
(c) Hydrogen.
(d) Oxygen.

4. Which person among the savages would likely be made "king" in the hypothetical space travel of Chapter 2?
(a) The richest.
(b) The strongest.
(c) The most intelligent.
(d) The most attractive.

5. In Chapter 2, von Däniken writes that if the hypothetical spaceship consists solely of its payload after a journey of how long, the supplies will have been used up?
(a) 200 light years.
(b) 90 light years.
(c) 80 light years.
(d) 124 light years.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the Introduction, Von Däniken speaks of finding numbers with how many digits?

2. Piri Reis is an admiral from where?

3. Who, along with H.S. Bellamy, wrote a book about the Great Idol?

4. What major astronomical event took place in the same period that von Däniken wrote the book?

5. The first "tourist" photos were radioed to Earth from Mars in the spring of what year?

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