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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. Where is the Great Idol?

2. The Sumerians refer to a god statue of their highest god, which is named what?

3. From what Biblical verse does von Däniken cite the "giants" he refers to in Chapter 4?

4. The Mayans left behind them calculations to last how many years?

5. Von Däniken says in Chapter 2, "Let us assume that our spaceship will leave the earth for an unknown distant sun in ____ years' time."

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What weaponry is described in the Mahabharata?

3. What does von Däniken write of the Nordic beliefs in Chapter 6?

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

5. What does von Däniken suggest of the Nazca lines in Peru in Chapter 3?

6. What example of Moses is cited by Daniken as proof of his theory in Chapter 4?

7. What does von Däniken cite from Genesis regarding giants in Chapter 4?

8. What does von Däniken write of the great Flood in Chapter 4?

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

10. What does the astronaut crew teach the savages in Chapter 2?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does von Däniken's theory maintain regarding intergalactic breeding and genetic alteration?

Essay Topic 2

Explain the connections between the Easter Island statues and Tiahuanaco. What explanation does von Däniken supply in Chariots of the Gods? Do you agree or disagree? Why?

Essay Topic 3

What major points does von Däniken make of the Sumerian people? What mathematical advanced did they possess? How does the author's theory involve them?

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