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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Von Däniken asserts that the Piri Reis maps were derived through what?
(a) Telepathy.
(b) Aerial photography.
(c) Extraterrestrial maps.
(d) Extraterrestrial drawings.

2. What do the geometric features of Peru resemble to von Däniken?
(a) A symbol of a god.
(b) An extraterrestrial language.
(c) A symbol to spaceships.
(d) An ancient runway.

3. The Great Idol is a block of red sandstone that weighs how many tons?
(a) 100.
(b) 30.
(c) 20.
(d) 60.

4. Who worked out the basic rocket equation of space time in Chapter 2?
(a) Professor Brahm.
(b) Professor Beckett.
(c) Professor Ackeret.
(d) Professor Janeson.

5. In Chapter 3, von Däniken writes that our historical past is pieced together through what kind of knowledge?
(a) Written.
(b) Oral.
(c) Indirect.
(d) Visual.

Short Answer Questions

1. Von Däniken asserts in Chapter 1 that even on planet Earth there are organisms which live without what?

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

3. Some argue that the maps of Piri Reis depict America and what before exploration?

4. 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?

5. Who is the grandfather of all science-fiction novelists, according to von Däniken in Chapter 2?

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