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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the savages believe the astronauts to be in Chapter 2?
(a) Monsters.
(b) Kings.
(c) Aliens.
(d) Gods.

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

3. In the mountainous region of Kohistan in Asia, a cave drawing reproduces the exact position of the stars as they were how many years ago?
(a) 1,000.
(b) 15,000.
(c) 10,000.
(d) 20,000.

4. Who is the grandfather of all science-fiction novelists, according to von Däniken in Chapter 2?
(a) Jules Verne.
(b) Johann Braun.
(c) Michael McClure.
(d) James Vinnon.

5. How many tons of fuel would be on von Däniken's hypothetical spaceship in Chapter 2?
(a) 99,000.
(b) 125,000.
(c) 99,800.
(d) 80,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who created the geometric features in Peru which von Däniken discusses in Chapter 3?

2. Piri Reis is an admiral from where?

3. How many tons does von Däniken's hypothetical spaceship weigh in Chapter 2?

4. What astronomer estimates that there are some 10 to the 20th-power stars within the range of our telescopes?

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

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