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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many tons does von Däniken's hypothetical spaceship weigh in Chapter 2?
(a) 100,000.
(b) 250,000.
(c) 230,000.
(d) 150,000.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who, along with H.S. Bellamy, wrote a book about the Great Idol?

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

3. What major astronomical event took place in the same period that von Däniken wrote the book?

4. Von Däniken asserts that the Piri Reis maps were derived through what?

5. In the Introduction, Von Däniken speaks of finding numbers with how many digits?

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