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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What woman descended from the "spaceship" depicted in the Gate of the Sun?
(a) Oryana.
(b) Kukumanta.
(c) Kytomata.
(d) Mroni.

2. What biochemist does von Däniken cite in Chapter 1 as hypothesizing that the conditions for life may have developed more quickly on other planets?
(a) Dr. James Wasman.
(b) Dr. Stanley Miller.
(c) Dr. Donald Warsaw.
(d) Dr. Sarah Stein.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many feet high is the Gate of the Sun at Tiahuanaco?

2. What is the title of Chapter 1?

3. What is the title of Chapter 2?

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

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?

(see the answer key)

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