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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of rocket can reach a velocity close to the speed of light, according to von Däniken?
(a) Radium.
(b) Hydrogen.
(c) Nitrogen.
(d) Photon.

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

3. Some argue that the maps of Piri Reis depict America and what before exploration?
(a) Australia.
(b) China.
(c) Africa.
(d) Antarctica.

4. 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) 124 light years.
(d) 80 light years.

5. What woman descended from the "spaceship" depicted in the Gate of the Sun?
(a) Oryana.
(b) Kukumanta.
(c) Kytomata.
(d) Mroni.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 1, how many planetary systems does the scientific writer tell von Däniken are considered possible by present-day astronomers?

2. What friend, to whom von Däniken refers as his travel companion for many years, does he thank in the Introduction?

3. 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?

4. Piri Reis is an admiral from where?

5. How will our hypothetical spacemen learn the language of the savages in Chapter 2?

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