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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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?
(a) 1,000.
(b) 40.
(c) 200.
(d) 20.

3. In Chapter 1, how many planetary systems does the scientific writer tell von Däniken are considered possible by present-day astronomers?
(a) 20 billion.
(b) 10 billion.
(c) 30 billion.
(d) 16 billion.

4. In the Introduction, what does von Däniken suggest must take over the work of archeological research?
(a) Modern laboratories.
(b) Novelists.
(c) Museum curators.
(d) Astronauts.

5. How do the hypothetical space travelers travel into the air in Chapter 2?
(a) Rocket belts.
(b) Air rockets.
(c) Hovercraft.
(d) Balloons.

Short Answer Questions

1. What friend, to whom von Däniken refers as his travel companion for many years, does he thank in the Introduction?

2. In Chapter 2, how many tons is the payload in von Däniken's hypothetical spaceship?

3. How does time on the hypothetical spaceship of Chapter 2 pass in relation to time on earth?

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

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

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