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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was the Sumerian library of 60,000 clay tablets discovered?
(a) Nippur.
(b) Pleides.
(c) Greece.
(d) Machu Pichu.

2. What figure from the Bible does von Däniken cite from Exodus 15:10 in Chapter 4?
(a) David.
(b) Moses.
(c) Noah.
(d) Ezekiel.

3. In Chapter 1, von Däniken suggests that our solar system may be only a tiny part of a considerably larger stellar system containing how many galaxies?
(a) 20.
(b) 40.
(c) 1,000.
(d) 200.

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

5. What is the exact calculation of the terrestrial calendar in days today?
(a) 365.2155.
(b) 365.4511.
(c) 365.2111.
(d) 365.2422.

6. What is the title of Chapter 3?
(a) The Improbable World of the Unexplained.
(b) When Our Spaceship Landed on Earth.
(c) Ancient Imagination and Legends, or Ancient Facts?
(d) The Search for Direct Communication.

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

8. How many different species of living creatures are estimated to live on Earth, according to von Däniken?
(a) 25,000.
(b) 2,000,000.
(c) 35,000,500.
(d) 25,000,000.

9. Von Däniken suggests that the planet upon which the hypothetical spaceship lands in Chapter 2 is how many years earlier in development than the Earth?
(a) 5,000.
(b) 8,000.
(c) 10,000.
(d) 9,000.

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

11. What electronic item does von Däniken write we have found from many thousands of years ago?
(a) A helicopter.
(b) A flashlight.
(c) Batteries.
(d) A car.

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

13. What geometrical figures does von Däniken refer to in Peru?
(a) Quacksysla.
(b) Nazca lines.
(c) Topkapi lines.
(d) Sacsahuaman.

14. What prophet speaks of being among the captives by the river of Chebar in Chapter 4?
(a) Noah.
(b) Moses.
(c) Nathaniel.
(d) Ezekiel.

15. In the Introduction, Von Däniken speaks of finding numbers with how many digits?
(a) 40.
(b) 15.
(c) 20.
(d) 10.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who published Theory of Satellites in 1927?

2. 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?

3. How many tons of fuel would be on von Däniken's hypothetical spaceship in Chapter 2?

4. What is the title of Chapter 6?

5. How many days is the Venusian year in Mayan understandings?

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