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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11 and Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The height of the Great Pyramid of Cheops multiplied by a thousand million miles corresponds approximately to the distance of the earth to what?
(a) Venus.
(b) The sun.
(c) Jupiter.
(d) The moon.

2. What major astronomical event took place in the same period that von Däniken wrote the book?
(a) The first moon satellite.
(b) Landing on Mars.
(c) The first Earth satellite.
(d) Landing on the moon.

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

4. The Great Idol is a block of red sandstone that weighs how many tons?
(a) 60.
(b) 100.
(c) 20.
(d) 30.

5. The ancient Indian epic which is more comprehensive than the Bible is called what?
(a) Gilgamesh.
(b) Sterilitis.
(c) Mahabharata.
(d) Oresnso.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the hypothetical space travelers travel into the air in Chapter 2?

2. What is the title of Chapter 4?

3. What well-known scientific writer told von Däniken, "The estimated number of stars in our Milky Way alone amounts to 30 billion"?

4. What is the title of Chapter 11?

5. Who was the god-creator in pre-Incan mythology?

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