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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 kind of trees does von Däniken assert grew in the Nile Delta at the time of the Great Pyramid's building?

2. Who discovered the legends of the pre-Incan beliefs of white men who traveled in the air?

3. What is the title of Chapter 11?

4. When did the Mayans abandon their cities and temples?

5. Who wrote Brave New World?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the end of Chapter 9, what artifacts does von Däniken note from around the globe?

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

3. Describe the first attempt to reach extraterrestrials via radio signals.

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

5. What is the "Green Bank Formula"?

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

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

8. What does von Däniken make of the majority of UFO sightings? What does he say of the minority?

9. What expeditions does von Däniken write of in Russia in Chapter 10?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the Viracocha legend. From what culture does this originate? Who discovered it from the modern world? Why does von Däniken cite it?

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

Define the term "photon," and explain how the author uses this term to describe "photon technology." What would this allow scientists to do?

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