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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose story in Indian mythology is paralleled by the story of Enoch and Elijah of the Bible?
(a) Hirshorinka.
(b) Gilgamesh.
(c) Yudhisthira.
(d) Mosfoma.

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

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

4. From where in the Bible does von Däniken cite the story of Sodom and Gomorrah?
(a) Genesis 19:1-28.
(b) Genesis 3:12-21.
(c) Genesis 6:4.
(d) Genesis 4:1.

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

6. Von Däniken asserts in Chapter 1 that even on planet Earth there are organisms which live without what?
(a) Hydrogen.
(b) Electricity.
(c) Oxygen.
(d) Carbon.

7. Who is the grandfather of all science-fiction novelists, according to von Däniken in Chapter 2?
(a) James Vinnon.
(b) Jules Verne.
(c) Michael McClure.
(d) Johann Braun.

8. What friend, to whom von Däniken refers as his travel companion for many years, does he thank in the Introduction?
(a) Dr. Stehlin.
(b) Bert Slattery.
(c) Louis Emrich.
(d) Hans Neuner.

9. Von Däniken says in Chapter 2, "Let us assume that our spaceship will leave the earth for an unknown distant sun in ____ years' time."
(a) 50.
(b) 150.
(c) 100.
(d) 200.

10. Where were the tablets of King Hammurabi found?
(a) Mantuttu.
(b) Kukunota.
(c) Kuyunjik.
(d) Gilgamesh.

11. Who, along with H.S. Bellamy, wrote a book about the Great Idol?
(a) G. Kimple.
(b) P. Allan.
(c) M. Michelin.
(d) M. Rosleigh.

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

13. In Chapter 5, to what does von Däniken attribute a door speaking like a human person?
(a) A foghorn.
(b) A loudspeaker.
(c) A stereo.
(d) A microphone.

14. What do the geometric features of Peru resemble to von Däniken?
(a) An extraterrestrial language.
(b) A symbol to spaceships.
(c) An ancient runway.
(d) A symbol of a god.

15. Whose mythology describes the first tribes brought to the North by gods with brazen wings?
(a) Cherokee.
(b) Incans.
(c) Eskimos.
(d) Mayans.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What geometrical figures does von Däniken refer to in Peru?

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

4. What book in the Bible is paralleled by the main thread of the Epic of Gilgamesh?

5. How many stars does the telescope of even a small observatory make visible, according to von Däniken in Chapter 1?

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