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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 stars does the telescope of even a small observatory make visible, according to von Däniken in Chapter 1?
(a) 2,000,000.
(b) 20,000,000.
(c) 200,000.
(d) 2,000.

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. Stanley Miller.
(b) Dr. Donald Warsaw.
(c) Dr. James Wasman.
(d) Dr. Sarah Stein.

3. 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?
(a) 20.
(b) 1,000.
(c) 40.
(d) 200.

4. What kind of rocket can reach a velocity close to the speed of light, according to von Däniken?
(a) Photon.
(b) Hydrogen.
(c) Nitrogen.
(d) Radium.

5. How many feet high is the Gate of the Sun at Tiahuanaco?
(a) 10 feet.
(b) 60 feet.
(c) 30 feet.
(d) 20 feet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What geometrical figures does von Däniken refer to in Peru?

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

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

4. Piri Reis is an admiral from where?

5. What electronic item does von Däniken write we have found from many thousands of years ago?

(see the answer key)

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