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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. In Chapter 2, how many tons is the payload in von Däniken's hypothetical spaceship?
(a) 200.
(b) 300.
(c) 100.
(d) 400.

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

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

4. Piri Reis is an admiral from where?
(a) England.
(b) Greece.
(c) Turkey.
(d) Spain.

5. In Chapter 5, to what does von Däniken attribute a door speaking like a human person?
(a) A microphone.
(b) A stereo.
(c) A foghorn.
(d) A loudspeaker.

Short Answer Questions

1. Von Däniken suggests that the planet upon which the hypothetical spaceship lands in Chapter 2 is how many years earlier in development than the Earth?

2. What is the title of Chapter 4?

3. In Chapter 5, von Däniken states as an established fact that the original version of the Epic of Gilgamesh stems from whom?

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

5. How many stars does the telescope of even a small observatory make visible, according to von Däniken in Chapter 1?

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