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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. From where in the Bible does von Däniken cite the story of Sodom and Gomorrah?
(a) Genesis 4:1.
(b) Genesis 6:4.
(c) Genesis 19:1-28.
(d) Genesis 3:12-21.

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

3. What prophet speaks of being among the captives by the river of Chebar in Chapter 4?
(a) Ezekiel.
(b) Noah.
(c) Moses.
(d) Nathaniel.

4. Von Däniken asserts in Chapter 1 that even on planet Earth there are organisms which live without what?
(a) Carbon.
(b) Hydrogen.
(c) Oxygen.
(d) Electricity.

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) Louis Emrich.
(c) Dr. Stehlin.
(d) Hans Neuner.

Short Answer Questions

1. The first "tourist" photos were radioed to Earth from Mars in the spring of what year?

2. In Chapter 5, to what does von Däniken attribute a door speaking like a human person?

3. What is the title of Chapter 3?

4. In Chapter 1, how many planetary systems does the scientific writer tell von Däniken are considered possible by present-day astronomers?

5. Von Däniken writes in the Introduction that the age of space travel is no longer an age of what?

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