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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. What is the name of the pyramid that is the biggest of the Mayans, belonging to the god Kukulkan?
(a) Castillo.
(b) Kukuana.
(c) Chihuaha.
(d) Tikal.

2. The tablets found with the Easter Island statues were made of what material?
(a) Wood.
(b) Platinum.
(c) Bronze.
(d) Stone.

3. How many blocks make up the Great Pyramid?
(a) 5,000,000.
(b) 2,600,000.
(c) 3,000,000.
(d) 2,450,000.

4. Who was the god-creator in pre-Incan mythology?
(a) Oxynoo.
(b) Viracocha.
(c) Gilgamesh.
(d) Kanaah.

5. 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. James Wasman.
(b) Dr. Stanley Miller.
(c) Dr. Sarah Stein.
(d) Dr. Donald Warsaw.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the exact calculation of the terrestrial calendar in days today?

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

3. Around what time did Thutmose III live, as referred to in Chapter 6?

4. Who wrote Our Inheritance of the Great Pyramid?

5. Piri Reis is an admiral from where?

(see the answer key)

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