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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What major astronomical event took place in the same period that von Däniken wrote the book?
(a) Landing on Mars.
(b) The first Earth satellite.
(c) Landing on the moon.
(d) The first moon satellite.

2. In Chapter 1, how many light years might the larger stellar system stretch, according to von Däniken?
(a) 1,000,000.
(b) 2,000,000.
(c) 25,000,000.
(d) 1,500,000.

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

4. In the Introduction, von Däniken asserts, "There is something _____ about our archeology!"
(a) Unnecessary.
(b) Stifling.
(c) Inconsistent.
(d) Staid.

5. What friend, to whom von Däniken refers as his travel companion for many years, does he thank in the Introduction?
(a) Bert Slattery.
(b) Dr. Stehlin.
(c) Hans Neuner.
(d) Louis Emrich.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the Great Idol?

2. Who worked out the basic rocket equation of space time in Chapter 2?

3. 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?

4. What do the geometric features of Peru resemble to von Däniken?

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

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