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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What friend, to whom von Däniken refers as his travel companion for many years, does he thank in the Introduction?
(a) Bert Slattery.
(b) Louis Emrich.
(c) Dr. Stehlin.
(d) Hans Neuner.

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

3. In Chapter 2, what are the fuel supplies in the rocket which can reach almost the speed of light converted to ?
(a) Carbon dioxide.
(b) Hydrogen and nitrogen.
(c) Mercury.
(d) Electromagnetic radiation.

4. How many different species of living creatures are estimated to live on Earth, according to von Däniken?
(a) 25,000,000.
(b) 35,000,500.
(c) 25,000.
(d) 2,000,000.

5. 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) 80 light years.
(b) 200 light years.
(c) 90 light years.
(d) 124 light years.

Short Answer 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."

2. 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?

3. In the Introduction, von Däniken asserts, "There is something _____ about our archeology!"

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

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

(see the answer key)

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