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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 biochemist does von Däniken cite in Chapter 1 as hypothesizing that the conditions for life may have developed more quickly on other planets?
(a) Dr. Donald Warsaw.
(b) Dr. James Wasman.
(c) Dr. Sarah Stein.
(d) Dr. Stanley Miller.

2. In Chapter 5, to what does von Däniken attribute a door speaking like a human person?
(a) A foghorn.
(b) A microphone.
(c) A loudspeaker.
(d) A stereo.

3. 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) James Wilson.
(b) Andreas Roma.
(c) Alberto Tulli.
(d) Ronald Watson.

4. Von Däniken says in Chapter 2, "Let us assume that our spaceship will leave the earth for an unknown distant sun in ____ years' time."
(a) 50.
(b) 100.
(c) 150.
(d) 200.

5. How many tons of fuel would be on von Däniken's hypothetical spaceship in Chapter 2?
(a) 99,800.
(b) 99,000.
(c) 80,000.
(d) 125,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. Around what did Gilgamesh build a great wall?

2. Von Däniken asserts in Chapter 1 that even on planet Earth there are organisms which live without what?

3. How many fixed stars are in our Milky Way, according to von Däniken in Chapter 1?

4. The Tibetan books of Tantyua and what also mention prehistoric flying machines?

5. What well-known scientific writer told von Däniken, "The estimated number of stars in our Milky Way alone amounts to 30 billion"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What weaponry is described in the Mahabharata?

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

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

4. What does von Däniken cite from Genesis regarding giants in Chapter 4?

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

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

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

8. What is the Epic of Gilgamesh about in Chapter 5?

9. What does von Däniken cite regarding the Sumerians' mathematical and calendar abilities?

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

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