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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 is the title of Chapter 8?
(a) Easter Island - Land of the Bird Men.
(b) The Earth's Experience in Space.
(c) The Mysteries of South America and Other Oddities.
(d) The Search for Direct Communication.

2. How many blocks make up the Great Pyramid?
(a) 5,000,000.
(b) 3,000,000.
(c) 2,600,000.
(d) 2,450,000.

3. To what telepathic Kentucky farmer does von Däniken refer in Chapter 11?
(a) Allen Schwartz.
(b) Andrew Michael.
(c) Stephen Wright.
(d) Edgar Cayce.

4. How long did the development of the telephone take?
(a) 22 years.
(b) 60 years.
(c) 30 years.
(d) 56 years.

5. The terrace north of Damascus is a platform built of stone blocks, some of which are more than how many feet long?
(a) 200.
(b) 65.
(c) 100.
(d) 30.

Short Answer Questions

1. Van Daniken states in Chapter 8 that our accurate knowledge of America is only how many years old?

2. The observatory at _____ is the first and oldest round building of the Mayas.

3. What is the name of the sun god in Egyptian mythology?

4. Who wrote the book Worlds in Collision in 1950?

5. What is the new science called, according to von Däniken in Chapter 12?

Short Essay Questions

1. What scientific efforts does von Däniken praise in Chapter 11?

2. What is the size of the statues on Easter Island?

3. What present-day examples does von Däniken cite for body preservation in Chapter 7?

4. What physical and mathematical characteristics of the Egyptian Pyramids does von Däniken discuss in Chapter 7?

5. What does von Däniken write of telepathy in Chapter 11?

6. What is von Däniken's argument for space travel in relation to population?

7. How is the stone relief of the Mayans described in Chapter 9?

8. What are some of the issues that von Däniken presents to the established and accepted method of moving blocks to build the Pyramids?

9. What is the "Green Bank Formula"?

10. What is the legend of Quetzalcoatl?

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