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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice 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?
(a) 5,000.
(b) 9,000.
(c) 8,000.
(d) 10,000.

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

3. How do the hypothetical space travelers travel into the air in Chapter 2?
(a) Air rockets.
(b) Hovercraft.
(c) Rocket belts.
(d) Balloons.

4. What astronomer estimates that there are some 10 to the 20th-power stars within the range of our telescopes?
(a) Bruno Michela.
(b) Harlow Shapley.
(c) Hal Holbrook.
(d) Jan Leys.

5. What is the title of Chapter 3?
(a) Ancient Imagination and Legends, or Ancient Facts?
(b) When Our Spaceship Landed on Earth.
(c) The Search for Direct Communication.
(d) The Improbable World of the Unexplained.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who worked out the basic rocket equation of space time in Chapter 2?

2. The ancient Indian epic which is more comprehensive than the Bible is over how many years old?

3. The pre-Incan people believed that the gods came down to them from the constellation of what?

4. What is the title of Chapter 1?

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

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