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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Von Däniken writes in the Introduction that the age of space travel is no longer an age of what?
(a) Impossibility.
(b) Lies.
(c) Secrets.
(d) Fiction.

2. What is the title of Chapter 8?
(a) The Mysteries of South America and Other Oddities.
(b) Easter Island - Land of the Bird Men.
(c) The Search for Direct Communication.
(d) The Earth's Experience in Space.

3. Who discovered the legends of the pre-Incan beliefs of white men who traveled in the air?
(a) Spanish conquistadors.
(b) Italian explorers.
(c) French settlers.
(d) Dutch settlers.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of Chapter 7?

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

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

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

5. Some argue that the maps of Piri Reis depict America and what before exploration?

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