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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does von Däniken suggest destroyed Sodom?
(a) An angel.
(b) An H-bomb.
(c) God.
(d) A spaceship.
2. What is the title of Chapter 5?
(a) Easter Island - Land of the Bird Men.
(b) Was God an Astronaut?
(c) Ancient Imagination and Legends, or Ancient Facts?
(d) Fiery Chariots from the Heavens.
3. What is the title of Chapter 4?
(a) The Improbable World of the Unexpected.
(b) The Mysteries of South America and Other Oddities.
(c) Was God an Astronaut?
(d) Ancient Marvels or Space Travel Centers?
4. How many stars does the telescope of even a small observatory make visible, according to von Däniken in Chapter 1?
(a) 2,000.
(b) 200,000.
(c) 2,000,000.
(d) 20,000,000.
5. What electronic item does von Däniken write we have found from many thousands of years ago?
(a) A helicopter.
(b) Batteries.
(c) A car.
(d) A flashlight.
Short Answer Questions
1. In Chapter 1, how many planetary systems does the scientific writer tell von Däniken are considered possible by present-day astronomers?
2. According to the prophet in Chapter 4, how many faces did the men of the heavens have?
3. From what book of the Bible does von Däniken cite, "And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness"?
4. In Chapter 1, how many light years might the larger stellar system stretch, according to von Däniken?
5. Von Däniken asserts in Chapter 1 that even on planet Earth there are organisms which live without what?
Short Essay Questions
1. How fast does the rocket in Chapter 2 travel? How?
2. What is the Epic of Gilgamesh about in Chapter 5?
3. What does von Däniken write of the great Flood in Chapter 4?
4. What weaponry is described in the Mahabharata?
5. Why would the crew choose the planet they would in the scenario in Chapter 2?
6. What does von Däniken suggest of the Nazca lines in Peru in Chapter 3?
7. What are the Piri Reis maps?
8. What does von Däniken suggest that scientists shed in their examinations?
9. What does von Däniken present the reader with in his Introduction to the book?
10. How are the "Vimanas" described in Chapter 6? What evidence is related to Kunti?
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