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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the grandfather of all science-fiction novelists, according to von Däniken in Chapter 2?
(a) Johann Braun.
(b) James Vinnon.
(c) Michael McClure.
(d) Jules Verne.

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

3. What is the title of Chapter 1?
(a) Are There Intelligent Beings in the Cosmos?
(b) Fiery Chariots from the Heavens.
(c) The Improbable World of the Unexplained.
(d) When Our Spaceship Landed on Earth.

4. Von Däniken writes in the Introduction that the age of space travel is no longer an age of what?
(a) Fiction.
(b) Secrets.
(c) Impossibility.
(d) Lies.

5. What astronomer estimates that there are some 10 to the 20th-power stars within the range of our telescopes?
(a) Hal Holbrook.
(b) Jan Leys.
(c) Harlow Shapley.
(d) Bruno Michela.

Short Answer Questions

1. What well-known scientific writer told von Däniken, "The estimated number of stars in our Milky Way alone amounts to 30 billion"?

2. How many fixed stars are in our Milky Way, according to von Däniken in Chapter 1?

3. In Chapter 2, what are the fuel supplies in the rocket which can reach almost the speed of light converted to ?

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

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

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