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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. Some argue that the maps of Piri Reis depict America and what before exploration?
(a) China.
(b) Australia.
(c) Antarctica.
(d) Africa.

2. What is the title of Chapter 2?
(a) Are There Intelligent Beings in the Cosmos?
(b) Easter Island - Land of the Bird Men.
(c) When Our Spaceship Landed on Earth.
(d) Ancient Marvels or Space Travel Centers?

3. Whose mythology describes the first tribes brought to the North by gods with brazen wings?
(a) Incans.
(b) Eskimos.
(c) Cherokee.
(d) Mayans.

4. From what Biblical verse does von Däniken cite the "giants" he refers to in Chapter 4?
(a) Genesis19:1-28.
(b) Genesis 1:3.
(c) Genesis 6:1.
(d) Genesis 6:4.

5. Whose story in Indian mythology is paralleled by the story of Enoch and Elijah of the Bible?
(a) Gilgamesh.
(b) Mosfoma.
(c) Hirshorinka.
(d) Yudhisthira.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of Chapter 3?

2. What is the title of Chapter 6?

3. How do the hypothetical space travelers travel into the air in Chapter 2?

4. How many feet high is the Gate of the Sun at Tiahuanaco?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How are the "Vimanas" described in Chapter 6? What evidence is related to Kunti?

3. What does von Däniken suggest of the civilization on other planets in Chapter 1 in terms of their advancement?

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

5. Why does von Däniken suggest our planet is not the only one which is capable of sustaining life in Chapter 1?

6. What does von Däniken suggest that scientists shed in their examinations?

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

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

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

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

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