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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What astronomer estimates that there are some 10 to the 20th-power stars within the range of our telescopes?
(a) Bruno Michela.
(b) Hal Holbrook.
(c) Harlow Shapley.
(d) Jan Leys.

2. Where in the Bible does von Däniken quote, "Thou canst not see my face, for there shall no man see me and live"?
(a) Genesis.
(b) Exodus.
(c) Revelations.
(d) Mark.

3. What is the Noah of the Sumerians called?
(a) Ziusudra.
(b) Gilgamesh.
(c) Marduk.
(d) Noah.

4. What is the title of Chapter 6?
(a) Ancient Marvels or Space Travel Centers?
(b) Was God an Astronaut?
(c) Ancient Imagination and Legends, or Ancient Facts?
(d) Easter Island - Land of the Bird Men.

5. What biologist recreated atmospheric conditions similar to those on Jupiter and bred bacteria and mites in the atmosphere?
(a) Dr. Daniel Kimgrow.
(b) Dr. Gerald Kimble.
(c) Dr. Stephen Wright.
(d) Dr. Sanford Siegel.

6. The first "tourist" photos were radioed to Earth from Mars in the spring of what year?
(a) 1943.
(b) 1950.
(c) 1958.
(d) 1965.

7. Where is the Great Idol?
(a) Egypt.
(b) Sumeria.
(c) Tiahuanaco.
(d) Sacsahumain.

8. Around what did Gilgamesh build a great wall?
(a) Uruk.
(b) Runka.
(c) Imra.
(d) Namuk.

9. Who created the geometric features in Peru which von Däniken discusses in Chapter 3?
(a) The Mayans.
(b) The Eskimos.
(c) The Enkidu.
(d) The Incas.

10. How many days is the Venusian year in Mayan understandings?
(a) 150.
(b) 584.
(c) 365.
(d) 265.

11. How do the hypothetical space travelers travel into the air in Chapter 2?
(a) Air rockets.
(b) Balloons.
(c) Rocket belts.
(d) Hovercraft.

12. What is the title of Chapter 1?
(a) The Improbable World of the Unexplained.
(b) Fiery Chariots from the Heavens.
(c) Are There Intelligent Beings in the Cosmos?
(d) When Our Spaceship Landed on Earth.

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

14. What well-known scientific writer told von Däniken, "The estimated number of stars in our Milky Way alone amounts to 30 billion"?
(a) Michael Anderson.
(b) Jan Leys.
(c) Willy Ley.
(d) James Walters.

15. What is the name of the former keeper of the Egyptian Department of the Vatican who found a text from the time of Thutmose III?
(a) Andreas Roma.
(b) Alberto Tulli.
(c) James Wilson.
(d) Ronald Watson.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the savages believe the astronauts to be in Chapter 2?

2. How many fixed stars are in our Milky Way, according to von Däniken in Chapter 1?

3. In the Introduction, Von Däniken speaks of finding numbers with how many digits?

4. What figure from the Bible does von Däniken cite from Exodus 15:10 in Chapter 4?

5. What does von Däniken suggest destroyed Sodom?

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