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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the Introduction, Von Däniken speaks of finding numbers with how many digits?
(a) 15.
(b) 20.
(c) 10.
(d) 40.

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?
(a) 10,000.
(b) 9,000.
(c) 8,000.
(d) 5,000.

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

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

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) 124 light years.
(c) 90 light years.
(d) 200 light years.

Short Answer Questions

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

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?

3. How many stars does the telescope of even a small observatory make visible, according to von Däniken in Chapter 1?

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

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

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