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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The perfecting of radar took how many years?
(a) 4.
(b) 15.
(c) 16.
(d) 10.

3. 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) Tukatatan.
(b) Tukukaana I.
(c) Rameses II.
(d) Rameses I.

4. What do the natives of Easter Island call their land, even today?
(a) Land of the Bird Men.
(b) Land of the Insects.
(c) Land of the Flyers.
(d) Land of the Kings.

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

6. How many hours did the first series of experiments in Green Bank, West Virginia last?
(a) 170 hours.
(b) 140 hours.
(c) 120 hours.
(d) 150 hours.

7. In what year was a stone relief of the god Kukumatz found in Palenque?
(a) 1900.
(b) 1935.
(c) 1739.
(d) 1890.

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

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

10. What is the new science called, according to von Däniken in Chapter 12?
(a) Scientology.
(b) Androgoly.
(c) Futurology.
(d) Exobiology.

11. What is the title of Chapter 8?
(a) The Search for Direct Communication.
(b) Easter Island - Land of the Bird Men.
(c) The Mysteries of South America and Other Oddities.
(d) The Earth's Experience in Space.

12. According to the Green Bank Formula, there are at any given moment in our galaxy alone how many different civilizations attempting to make contact with us?
(a) 40,000,000.
(b) 90,000,000.
(c) 30,000,000.
(d) 50,000,000.

13. What does von Däniken say in Chapter 10 is the estimate of children in danger of dying of hunger in India?
(a) 10,000,000.
(b) 25,000,000.
(c) 30,000,000.
(d) 20,000,000.

14. The statues of Easter Island were between 33 and ___ feet high.
(a) 66.
(b) 27.
(c) 75.
(d) 43.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. More than how many new articles were on the market as a by-product to space research, according to von Däniken?

3. Who wrote Our Inheritance of the Great Pyramid?

4. When did the Mayans abandon their cities and temples?

5. The stone for the hats of the statues on Easter Island weighed more than how many tons apiece?

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