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

2. 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?

3. Black and white television was on view after how many years' research?

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

5. What archeologist's investigations of Easter Island produced three clearly distinctive periods?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does von Däniken feel of the attempts to contact outer space in Chapter 11?

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

4. What risky and controversial subject does von Däniken approach in Chapter 10? How does he approach this?

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

6. What is the "Green Bank Formula"?

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

8. What does von Däniken write of the Mayan calendar in Chapter 9?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Discuss what von Däniken writes about in Norse and Greek mythologies. What examples does he hold as evidence in these two regions? Why?

Essay Topic 3

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

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