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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. Tikal lies how many miles from the Gulf of Honduras?

2. Who is cited from A Voyage to Laputa and Japan in Chapter 10?

3. What was the population of cows in India in 1966?

4. Van Daniken states in Chapter 8 that our accurate knowledge of America is only how many years old?

5. How many blocks make up the Great Pyramid?

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. What is the established method by which the Egyptian pyramid blocks moved the stone slabs?

4. What is von Däniken's argument for space travel in relation to population?

5. What "side effects" does von Däniken cite in Chapter 10 as valid reasons for space travel?

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

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

8. What is the principle issue in determining how the Easter Island statues were moved?

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

10. Who is Virococha?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the Mahabharata? Where did it originate and when? What examples from this text does von Däniken refer to specifically and why?

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

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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