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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. 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.

2. When did Greek sponge divers discover a wrecked ship loaded with marble and bronze statues?
(a) 1800.
(b) 1900.
(c) 1920.
(d) 1950.

3. What does von Däniken say that scientists estimate the world population to be in 2050?
(a) 4.6 billion.
(b) 10.5 billion.
(c) 9.2 billion.
(d) 8.7 billion.

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

5. If the Egyptians had a daily piece rate of 10 blocks in a stack, they would have built the Great Pyramid in how many years?
(a) 879.
(b) 567.
(c) 333.
(d) 664.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1953, where was a UFO picked up on a radar screen of the Kinross Air Base?

2. At the beginning of what century did the first European settlers land on Easter Island?

3. The horse-drawn cart was not introduced until about what time?

4. The construction of the atomic bomb took how many years?

5. What is the title of Chapter 12?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does von Däniken theorize happened to the Mayans?

3. Who is Virococha?

4. What connections does von Däniken draw between Easter Island and Tiahuanaco?

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

6. What scientist and author does von Däniken speak of conversing with in Chapter 11? What is the consensus?

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

8. What is the legend of Quetzalcoatl?

9. What does von Däniken say of the scientific community and false abduction stories in Chapter 10?

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

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