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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What major astronomical event took place in the same period that von Däniken wrote the book?
(a) Landing on the moon.
(b) The first moon satellite.
(c) The first Earth satellite.
(d) Landing on Mars.

2. In Chapter 2, how many tons is the payload in von Däniken's hypothetical spaceship?
(a) 400.
(b) 300.
(c) 100.
(d) 200.

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

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. How many fixed stars are in our Milky Way, according to von Däniken in Chapter 1?
(a) 100 billion.
(b) 200 billion.
(c) 20 billion.
(d) 30 billion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What biochemist does von Däniken cite in Chapter 1 as hypothesizing that the conditions for life may have developed more quickly on other planets?

2. What electronic item does von Däniken write we have found from many thousands of years ago?

3. In the Introduction, what does von Däniken suggest must take over the work of archeological research?

4. How many tons does von Däniken's hypothetical spaceship weigh in Chapter 2?

5. 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?

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