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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 observatory at _____ is the first and oldest round building of the Mayas.

2. The statues of Easter Island were between 33 and ___ feet high.

3. What is the title of Chapter 10?

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

5. Who is attributed today as the inspirer and builder of the Great Pyramid?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the "Green Bank Formula"?

2. What is the legend of Quetzalcoatl?

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

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

5. What conjecture does von Däniken make about the building of the pyramids in Chapter 7?

6. What does von Däniken say of the scientific community and false abduction stories in Chapter 10?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Discuss how the ancient Egyptians built the pyramids. What does traditional, mainstream archeology tell us? How does von Däniken's theory differ?

Essay Topic 3

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

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