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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Tukatatan.
(c) Rameses II.
(d) Rameses I.

2. The stone for the hats of the statues on Easter Island weighed more than how many tons apiece?
(a) 10.
(b) 4.
(c) 20.
(d) 5.

3. Who is quoted in Chapter 8 as saying, "The positive things about the skeptic is that he considers everything possible."
(a) Michael Mann.
(b) Mars Watson.
(c) James O'Keefe.
(d) Thomas Mann.

4. The Incas cultivated what in 3000 B.C., which is startling to scientists?
(a) Peanuts.
(b) Cotton.
(c) Trees.
(d) Wheat.

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

6. In Chapter 9, where were all the edifices built according to the Mayan calendar?
(a) Maya.
(b) Teotihuacan.
(c) Chichen Itza.
(d) Peru.

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

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

9. How long did the development of the telephone take?
(a) 22 years.
(b) 30 years.
(c) 60 years.
(d) 56 years.

10. How many years did it take photography to develop to the stage of a clear picture?
(a) 140.
(b) 120.
(c) 150.
(d) 112.

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

12. From where does the jade come in the necklace of Tikal in Guatemala?
(a) Peru.
(b) Iran.
(c) China.
(d) Chile.

13. The Mayans believed that a fixed number of steps of a building had to be completed every how many years?
(a) 23.
(b) 52.
(c) 365.
(d) 100.

14. Black and white television was on view after how many years' research?
(a) 10.
(b) 12.
(c) 6.
(d) 4.

15. Von Däniken asserts that the stone relief representing the god Kukumatz is on a what?
(a) Flying carpet.
(b) Balloon.
(c) Rocket.
(d) Horse.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the new science called, according to von Däniken in Chapter 12?

2. Von Däniken asserts that Easter Island could not have provided food for more than how many inhabitants?

3. In 1953, where was a UFO picked up on a radar screen of the Kinross Air Base?

4. Who wrote the book Worlds in Collision in 1950?

5. The pyramid of Cholula is how many miles south of the Mexican capital?

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