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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many stars does the telescope of even a small observatory make visible, according to von Däniken in Chapter 1?
(a) 2,000,000.
(b) 2,000.
(c) 200,000.
(d) 20,000,000.

2. What is the title of Chapter 2?
(a) Easter Island - Land of the Bird Men.
(b) Are There Intelligent Beings in the Cosmos?
(c) Ancient Marvels or Space Travel Centers?
(d) When Our Spaceship Landed on Earth.

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

4. 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.

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

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

3. In Chapter 1, von Däniken suggests that our solar system may be only a tiny part of a considerably larger stellar system containing how many galaxies?

4. What astronomer estimates that there are some 10 to the 20th-power stars within the range of our telescopes?

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

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