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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the Great Idol?
(a) Tiahuanaco.
(b) Sacsahumain.
(c) Egypt.
(d) Sumeria.

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

3. Some of the statues of Easter Island weighed as much as how many tons?
(a) 50.
(b) 200.
(c) 20.
(d) 100.

4. The Sumerians refer to a god statue of their highest god, which is named what?
(a) Isis.
(b) Marduk.
(c) Mamouk.
(d) Yhrsisi.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 5, von Däniken states as an established fact that the original version of the Epic of Gilgamesh stems from whom?

2. When did Greek sponge divers discover a wrecked ship loaded with marble and bronze statues?

3. Von Däniken is concerned with the fact that the edges of the Piri Reis maps do what at the edges?

4. From what Biblical verse does von Däniken cite the "giants" he refers to in Chapter 4?

5. The terrace north of Damascus is a platform built of stone blocks, some of which weigh nearly how many tons?

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