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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 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) 100.
(c) 200.
(d) 150.

2. The Great Idol is a block of red sandstone that weighs how many tons?
(a) 100.
(b) 60.
(c) 30.
(d) 20.

3. How many tons does von Däniken's hypothetical spaceship weigh in Chapter 2?
(a) 100,000.
(b) 250,000.
(c) 150,000.
(d) 230,000.

4. How many feet high is the Gate of the Sun at Tiahuanaco?
(a) 60 feet.
(b) 10 feet.
(c) 20 feet.
(d) 30 feet.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Von Däniken suggests that the planet upon which the hypothetical spaceship lands in Chapter 2 is how many years earlier in development than the Earth?

2. In Chapter 2, what are the fuel supplies in the rocket which can reach almost the speed of light converted to ?

3. How does time on the hypothetical spaceship of Chapter 2 pass in relation to time on earth?

4. What biologist recreated atmospheric conditions similar to those on Jupiter and bred bacteria and mites in the atmosphere?

5. What kind of rocket can reach a velocity close to the speed of light, according to von Däniken?

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