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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Giza Invitation: Egypt 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What works of art were found in Tres Zapotes?
(a) Gigantic heads.
(b) Line drawings.
(c) Pottery.
(d) Seashell jewelry.

2. What did Hipparchus discover?
(a) Eclipsis.
(b) Obliquity.
(c) Precession.
(d) Eccentricity.

3. How did Hancock view myths in Chapter 25?
(a) Made-up stories.
(b) Memories man can recall clearly.
(c) Memories man chooses to forget.
(d) Memories man cannot recall or forget.

4. In Chapter 31, what are said to be encoded in the myths?
(a) Letters.
(b) Symbols.
(c) Pictures.
(d) Numbers.

5. What natural disasters accompany the Mayan myths?
(a) Volcanoes and earthquakes.
(b) Ice and flooding.
(c) Plague and famine.
(d) Darkness and pestilence.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened at the Temple of the Warriors?

2. According to Chapter 32, what is the convergence of global myths evidence of?

3. Where did the story of Gilgamesh take place?

4. In Chapter 36, what did Hancock explore?

5. What is the only other pyramid in the world, besides the Great Pyramid, to use a variant on pi?

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