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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 Russian professor considers it possible that the terrace north of Damascus may have been an airfield?
(a) Professor Bryg.
(b) Professor Anderson.
(c) Professor Agrest.
(d) Professor Brahm.

2. From where does the jade come in the necklace of Tikal in Guatemala?
(a) Chile.
(b) China.
(c) Peru.
(d) Iran.

3. Who acted as leader of the project in Green Bank, West Virginia from Chapter 11?
(a) Dr. Frank Drake.
(b) Dr. Frank Warton.
(c) Dr. Francis Williams.
(d) Dr John K. Cane.

4. What is the title of Chapter 7?
(a) Easter Island - Land of the Bird Men.
(b) Ancient Marvels or Space Travel Centers?
(c) Are There Intelligent Beings in the Cosmos?
(d) The Improbable World of the Unexpected.

5. The horse-drawn cart was not introduced until about what time?
(a) 1600 B.C.
(b) 1500 B.C.
(c) 1000 B.C.
(d) 1200 B.C.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did the development of the telephone take?

2. The tablets found with the Easter Island statues were made of what material?

3. The area of the base of the Great Pyramid divided by twice its height equals what?

4. What do the natives of Easter Island call their land, even today?

5. In the experiment cited in Chapter 11 in Green Bank, West Virginia, a radio-telescope was trained on what star?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the "Green Bank Formula"?

3. Who is Virococha?

4. What does von Däniken wonder about Egyptian mummification in Chapter 7?

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

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

7. What conjecture does von Däniken make about the building of the pyramids in Chapter 7?

8. When did the Mayan evacuation take place? What is strange about this event?

9. What did Heyerdahl discover about the Easter Island statues?

10. Who first discovered Easter Island and when? What was their reaction?

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