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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the title of Chapter 1?
(a) Are There Intelligent Beings in the Cosmos?
(b) Fiery Chariots from the Heavens.
(c) When Our Spaceship Landed on Earth.
(d) The Improbable World of the Unexplained.

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

3. How do the hypothetical space travelers travel into the air in Chapter 2?
(a) Rocket belts.
(b) Hovercraft.
(c) Air rockets.
(d) Balloons.

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

5. In the Introduction, what does von Däniken suggest must take over the work of archeological research?
(a) Museum curators.
(b) Novelists.
(c) Astronauts.
(d) Modern laboratories.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the savages believe the astronauts to be in Chapter 2?

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

3. Who created the geometric features in Peru which von Däniken discusses in Chapter 3?

4. In the mountainous region of Kohistan in Asia, a cave drawing reproduces the exact position of the stars as they were how many years ago?

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

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