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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The area of the base of the Great Pyramid divided by twice its height equals what?
(a) 141.
(b) Pi.
(c) 2,000.
(d) 3.

2. When was Our Inheritance of the Great Pyramid published?
(a) 1860.
(b) 1920.
(c) 1900.
(d) 1864.

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

4. The terrace north of Damascus is a platform built of stone blocks, some of which weigh nearly how many tons?
(a) 3,000.
(b) 2,500.
(c) 2,000.
(d) 1,000.

5. The distance covered by the Mayans from the territory of the old to the new kingdom measures how many miles?
(a) 100.
(b) 400.
(c) 250.
(d) 220.

6. The terrace north of Damascus is a platform built of stone blocks, some of which are more than how many feet long?
(a) 100.
(b) 65.
(c) 200.
(d) 30.

7. As far as the tunneling techniques, von Däniken says that the tomb of Tety in the 6th dynasty is no different than whose of the New Kingdom?
(a) Tukukaana I.
(b) Rameses I.
(c) Rameses II.
(d) Tukatatan.

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

9. The horse-drawn cart was not introduced until about what time?
(a) 1200 B.C.
(b) 1500 B.C.
(c) 1600 B.C.
(d) 1000 B.C.

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

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

12. More than how many new articles were on the market as a by-product to space research, according to von Däniken?
(a) 2,000.
(b) 4,000.
(c) 3,000.
(d) 5,000.

13. Whose calendar is considered by von Däniken to be the most accurate in the world?
(a) Eskimos.
(b) Egyptians.
(c) Aztecs.
(d) Mayans.

14. How far away was the star upon which the telescope was trained from West Virginia in Chapter 11?
(a) 11.8 light years.
(b) 120 light years.
(c) 14 light years.
(d) 10 light years.

15. What was the name of the project in Green Bank, West Virginia?
(a) Project Cyrillis.
(b) Project Onta.
(c) Project Ozma.
(d) Project Apollo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What consists of a probe weighing barely one pound which is carried by a rocket as light baggage and ejected when near the planet?

2. In Chapter 10, von Däniken writes that "was was valid yesterday is _____ tomorrow."

3. The observatory at _____ is the first and oldest round building of the Mayas.

4. What word is used for "light amplification by the stimulated emission of radiation"?

5. How many rats were living in India in 1966?

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