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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4 and Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Von Däniken claims that astronauts today travel around the world in how many minutes in Chapter 2?
(a) 80 hours.
(b) 8 days.
(c) 86 minutes.
(d) 86 hours.

2. In Chapter 2, what are the fuel supplies in the rocket which can reach almost the speed of light converted to ?
(a) Electromagnetic radiation.
(b) Hydrogen and nitrogen.
(c) Carbon dioxide.
(d) Mercury.

3. What figure from the Bible does von Däniken cite from Exodus 15:10 in Chapter 4?
(a) Noah.
(b) Ezekiel.
(c) David.
(d) Moses.

4. Who worked out the basic rocket equation of space time in Chapter 2?
(a) Professor Brahm.
(b) Professor Janeson.
(c) Professor Beckett.
(d) Professor Ackeret.

5. In the ninth tablet regarding Gilgamesh, who is the friend whose loss is mourned?
(a) Anmar.
(b) Amnika.
(c) Orco.
(d) Enkidu.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the savages believe the astronauts to be in Chapter 2?

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

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

4. Von Däniken says in Chapter 2, "Let us assume that our spaceship will leave the earth for an unknown distant sun in ____ years' time."

5. What biochemist does von Däniken cite in Chapter 1 as hypothesizing that the conditions for life may have developed more quickly on other planets?

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