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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. Who was expecting the angels at the gate in the story of Sodom and Gomorrah?
(a) Herod.
(b) Moses.
(c) Nathaniel.
(d) Lot.

2. The Sumerians refer to a god statue of their highest god, which is named what?
(a) Mamouk.
(b) Marduk.
(c) Yhrsisi.
(d) Isis.

3. Around what did Gilgamesh build a great wall?
(a) Imra.
(b) Namuk.
(c) Uruk.
(d) Runka.

4. What is the exact calculation of the terrestrial calendar in days today?
(a) 365.4511.
(b) 365.2155.
(c) 365.2111.
(d) 365.2422.

5. Where was the Sumerian library of 60,000 clay tablets discovered?
(a) Pleides.
(b) Nippur.
(c) Greece.
(d) Machu Pichu.

Short Answer Questions

1. Von Däniken asserts that the Piri Reis maps were derived through what?

2. Von Däniken says in Chapter 2, "Let us assume that our spaceship will leave the earth for an unknown distant sun in ____ years' time."

3. In the ninth tablet regarding Gilgamesh, who is the friend whose loss is mourned?

4. What woman descended from the "spaceship" depicted in the Gate of the Sun?

5. What do the geometric features of Peru resemble to von Däniken?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What is the Mahabharata discussed in Chapter 6?

6. What example of Moses is cited by Daniken as proof of his theory in Chapter 4?

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

8. Describe the spaceship in Chapter 2.

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

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

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