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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. The perfecting of radar took how many years?
(a) 10.
(b) 15.
(c) 4.
(d) 16.
2. When did the Mayans abandon their cities and temples?
(a) 1200 A.D.
(b) 600 A.D.
(c) 200 A.D.
(d) 400 A.D.
3. Von Däniken asserts that Easter Island could not have provided food for more than how many inhabitants?
(a) 200.
(b) 5,000.
(c) 2,000.
(d) 500.
4. What German magazine stated in 1967 that the majority of life-saving medical machines come from America?
(a) Ein Zech.
(b) Der Stern.
(c) Der Heinz.
(d) Der Zich.
5. What was the name of the project in Green Bank, West Virginia?
(a) Project Apollo.
(b) Project Ozma.
(c) Project Onta.
(d) Project Cyrillis.
Short Answer Questions
1. Van Daniken states in Chapter 8 that our accurate knowledge of America is only how many years old?
2. The terrace north of Damascus is a platform built of stone blocks, some of which weigh nearly how many tons?
3. How far away was the star upon which the telescope was trained from West Virginia in Chapter 11?
4. How many years did it take photography to develop to the stage of a clear picture?
5. The statues of Easter Island were between 33 and ___ feet high.
Short Essay Questions
1. What present-day examples does von Däniken cite for body preservation in Chapter 7?
2. What are some of the issues that von Däniken presents to the established and accepted method of moving blocks to build the Pyramids?
3. What is von Däniken's argument for space travel in relation to population?
4. Describe the first attempt to reach extraterrestrials via radio signals.
5. What is the legend of Quetzalcoatl?
6. What is the principle issue in determining how the Easter Island statues were moved?
7. What does von Däniken feel of the attempts to contact outer space in Chapter 11?
8. What connections does von Däniken draw between Easter Island and Tiahuanaco?
9. When did the Mayan evacuation take place? What is strange about this event?
10. What does von Däniken write of telepathy in Chapter 11?
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