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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 prophet speaks of being among the captives by the river of Chebar in Chapter 4?
(a) Ezekiel.
(b) Noah.
(c) Moses.
(d) Nathaniel.

2. Von Däniken claims that astronauts today travel around the world in how many minutes in Chapter 2?
(a) 86 minutes.
(b) 8 days.
(c) 80 hours.
(d) 86 hours.

3. What is the title of Chapter 6?
(a) Easter Island - Land of the Bird Men.
(b) Was God an Astronaut?
(c) Ancient Imagination and Legends, or Ancient Facts?
(d) Ancient Marvels or Space Travel Centers?

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

5. What electronic item does von Däniken write we have found from many thousands of years ago?
(a) A car.
(b) Batteries.
(c) A flashlight.
(d) A helicopter.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many days is the Venusian year in Mayan understandings?

2. In Chapter 1, how many planetary systems does the scientific writer tell von Däniken are considered possible by present-day astronomers?

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

4. Where was the Sumerian library of 60,000 clay tablets discovered?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does von Däniken present the reader with in his Introduction to the book?

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

4. What does von Däniken suggest of the Nazca lines in Peru in Chapter 3?

5. What is the Mahabharata discussed in Chapter 6?

6. What does the astronaut crew teach the savages in Chapter 2?

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

8. Describe the spaceship in Chapter 2.

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

10. What does von Däniken write of the great Flood in Chapter 4?

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