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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What friend, to whom von Däniken refers as his travel companion for many years, does he thank in the Introduction?

2. What major astronomical event took place in the same period that von Däniken wrote the book?

3. In Chapter 5, von Däniken states as an established fact that the original version of the Epic of Gilgamesh stems from whom?

4. What do the savages believe the astronauts to be in Chapter 2?

5. What does von Däniken suggest destroyed Sodom?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What weaponry is described in the Mahabharata?

3. How fast does the rocket in Chapter 2 travel? How?

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

5. What does von Däniken refer to of Ezekiel in the Bible in Chapter 4?

6. Why would the crew choose the planet they would in the scenario in Chapter 2?

7. What are the Piri Reis maps?

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

9. Who does von Däniken suggest were the Sumerian kings? Why?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are von Däniken's feelings toward traditional archeology and the scientific community? Why? How do they view his theories?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss what von Däniken surmises as the reasons behind Egyptian mummification. What examples does the author cite outside of Egypt of body preservation? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the mathematical and geographical qualities of the pyramids of Egypt. Why are these of particular importance to von Däniken?

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