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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. In what year did an experiment begin in Green Bank, West Virginia, as cited by von Däniken in Chapter 11?
(a) 1967.
(b) 1960.
(c) 1950.
(d) 1902.

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

3. What kind of trees does von Däniken assert grew in the Nile Delta at the time of the Great Pyramid's building?
(a) Oak.
(b) Willow.
(c) Elm.
(d) Palm.

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

5. In 1953, where was a UFO picked up on a radar screen of the Kinross Air Base?
(a) In Michigan.
(b) In Arizona.
(c) In Nevada.
(d) In Oregon.

Short Answer Questions

1. Van Daniken states in Chapter 8 that our accurate knowledge of America is only how many years old?

2. The Mayans believed that a fixed number of steps of a building had to be completed every how many years?

3. What is the new science called, according to von Däniken in Chapter 12?

4. What is the title of Chapter 8?

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

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