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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 book in the Bible is paralleled by the main thread of the Epic of Gilgamesh?
(a) Revelations.
(b) Genesis.
(c) Exodus.
(d) Moses.

2. Which person among the savages would likely be made "king" in the hypothetical space travel of Chapter 2?
(a) The most attractive.
(b) The richest.
(c) The strongest.
(d) The most intelligent.

3. In Chapter 1, von Däniken suggests that our solar system may be only a tiny part of a considerably larger stellar system containing how many galaxies?
(a) 40.
(b) 200.
(c) 1,000.
(d) 20.

4. Where were the tablets of King Hammurabi found?
(a) Kukunota.
(b) Gilgamesh.
(c) Kuyunjik.
(d) Mantuttu.

5. What figure from the Bible does von Däniken cite from Exodus 15:10 in Chapter 4?
(a) David.
(b) Ezekiel.
(c) Noah.
(d) Moses.

Short Answer Questions

1. The first "tourist" photos were radioed to Earth from Mars in the spring of what year?

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

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

4. In the Introduction, von Däniken asserts, "There is something _____ about our archeology!"

5. Where is the Great Idol?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who is Jules Verne and why does von Däniken mention him in Chapter 2?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What is the Mahabharata discussed in Chapter 6?

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