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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What electronic item does von Däniken write we have found from many thousands of years ago?
(a) Batteries.
(b) A car.
(c) A helicopter.
(d) A flashlight.

2. What book in the Bible is paralleled by the main thread of the Epic of Gilgamesh?
(a) Exodus.
(b) Revelations.
(c) Moses.
(d) Genesis.

3. Von Däniken asserts that Easter Island could not have provided food for more than how many inhabitants?
(a) 5,000.
(b) 2,000.
(c) 500.
(d) 200.

4. What biochemist does von Däniken cite in Chapter 1 as hypothesizing that the conditions for life may have developed more quickly on other planets?
(a) Dr. Sarah Stein.
(b) Dr. Donald Warsaw.
(c) Dr. James Wasman.
(d) Dr. Stanley Miller.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the Sumerian library of 60,000 clay tablets discovered?

2. Who is the grandfather of all science-fiction novelists, according to von Däniken in Chapter 2?

3. What major astronomical event took place in the same period that von Däniken wrote the book?

4. What is the title of Chapter 5?

5. The Great Idol is a block of red sandstone that weighs how many tons?

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