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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Von Däniken writes in the Introduction that the age of space travel is no longer an age of what?
(a) Secrets.
(b) Lies.
(c) Impossibility.
(d) Fiction.

2. At the beginning of what century did the first European settlers land on Easter Island?
(a) 15th.
(b) 17th.
(c) 18th.
(d) 19th.

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

4. In the Introduction, von Däniken asserts, "There is something _____ about our archeology!"
(a) Unnecessary.
(b) Inconsistent.
(c) Stifling.
(d) Staid.

5. The height of the Great Pyramid of Cheops multiplied by a thousand million miles corresponds approximately to the distance of the earth to what?
(a) Jupiter.
(b) The sun.
(c) Venus.
(d) The moon.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is quoted in Chapter 8 as saying, "The positive things about the skeptic is that he considers everything possible."

2. In the ninth tablet regarding Gilgamesh, who is the friend whose loss is mourned?

3. The statues of Easter Island were between 33 and ___ feet high.

4. The pyramid field of _____ is 25 miles north of Mexico City.

5. What does von Däniken say in Chapter 10 is the estimate of children in danger of dying of hunger in India?

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