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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. Von Däniken is concerned with the fact that the edges of the Piri Reis maps do what at the edges?
(a) Disappear.
(b) Show radiation.
(c) Distort.
(d) Crumble.

2. One Indian story tells of Aryuna speaking of a weapon which would kill any warrior with what on his body?
(a) Wood.
(b) Metal.
(c) Water.
(d) Stone.

3. The city of Tiahuanaco lies at a height of more than how many feet?
(a) 13,000.
(b) 10,000.
(c) 30,000.
(d) 1,000.

4. In the Introduction, von Däniken asserts, "There is something _____ about our archeology!"
(a) Unnecessary.
(b) Staid.
(c) Stifling.
(d) Inconsistent.

5. 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?
(a) Ronald Watson.
(b) Alberto Tulli.
(c) Andreas Roma.
(d) James Wilson.

Short Answer Questions

1. What biochemist does von Däniken cite in Chapter 1 as hypothesizing that the conditions for life may have developed more quickly on other planets?

2. The ancient Indian epic which is more comprehensive than the Bible is called what?

3. In Chapter 5, von Däniken states as an established fact that the original version of the Epic of Gilgamesh stems from whom?

4. What is the title of Chapter 1?

5. How will our hypothetical spacemen learn the language of the savages in Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does von Däniken write of Gilgamesh in reference to the Flood of the Bible?

2. What is von Däniken's central theory in the book as presented in the Introduction and Chapter 1?

3. Who does von Däniken suggest were the Sumerian kings? Why?

4. What weaponry is described in the Mahabharata?

5. What does von Däniken suggest about the Piri Reis maps in Chapter 3?

6. In Chapter 1, what question does von Däniken pose? What is his theory for an answer?

7. What does von Däniken write of the Nordic beliefs in Chapter 6?

8. How are the Egyptians' mythological gods cited by von Däniken as evidence in Chapter 6?

9. What are some of the examples in Tiahuanaco that von Däniken presents in Chapter 3?

10. Why would the crew choose the planet they would in the scenario in Chapter 2?

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