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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. How many different species of living creatures are estimated to live on Earth, according to von Däniken?
(a) 25,000.
(b) 35,000,500.
(c) 25,000,000.
(d) 2,000,000.

2. What is the title of Chapter 1?
(a) Are There Intelligent Beings in the Cosmos?
(b) When Our Spaceship Landed on Earth.
(c) The Improbable World of the Unexplained.
(d) Fiery Chariots from the Heavens.

3. How does time on the hypothetical spaceship of Chapter 2 pass in relation to time on earth?
(a) Equally.
(b) Not at all.
(c) Faster.
(d) More slowly.

4. Von Däniken asserts in Chapter 1 that even on planet Earth there are organisms which live without what?
(a) Hydrogen.
(b) Oxygen.
(c) Electricity.
(d) Carbon.

5. The Tibetan books of Tantyua and what also mention prehistoric flying machines?
(a) Kantyua.
(b) Myarka.
(c) Kromiska.
(d) Hrastima.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 3, von Däniken writes that our historical past is pieced together through what kind of knowledge?

2. What is the title of Chapter 5?

3. Von Däniken claims that astronauts today travel around the world in how many minutes in Chapter 2?

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

5. How many tons does von Däniken's hypothetical spaceship weigh in Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does von Däniken refer to of Ezekiel in the Bible in Chapter 4?

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

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

5. How fast does the rocket in Chapter 2 travel? How?

6. What is the Mahabharata discussed in Chapter 6?

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

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

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

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

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