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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 does not grow on Easter Island?

2. The height of the Great Pyramid of Cheops multiplied by a thousand million miles corresponds approximately to the distance of the earth to what?

3. What do the natives of Easter Island call their land, even today?

4. How far away was the star upon which the telescope was trained from West Virginia in Chapter 11?

5. What is the title of Chapter 12?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who is Virococha?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What is the "Green Bank Formula"?

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

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

Essay Topic 3

Discuss and describe the Nazca lines and Tiahuanaco. Where are these artifacts located? Why does the author cite them as evidence?

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