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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 is the title of Chapter 9?

2. The Incas cultivated what in 3000 B.C., which is startling to scientists?

3. The pyramid of Cholula is how many miles south of the Mexican capital?

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

5. The Mayans believed that a fixed number of steps of a building had to be completed every how many years?

Short Essay Questions

1. What physical and mathematical characteristics of the Egyptian Pyramids does von Däniken discuss in Chapter 7?

2. What did Heyerdahl discover about the Easter Island statues?

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

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

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

6. What are some of the issues that von Däniken presents to the established and accepted method of moving blocks to build the Pyramids?

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

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

9. What is the legend of Quetzalcoatl?

10. What is the size of the statues on Easter Island?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Describe von Däniken's interpretations from Genesis, the story of Sodom and Gomorrah, and the prophet Ezekiel and how he determines there are extraterrestrials involved.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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