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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long was the mysterious surface road on the coast and through the Andes?
(a) 15,000 kilometers.
(b) 25,000 kilometers.
(c) 25,000 miles.
(d) 15,000 miles.

2. What is the Iranian cataclysm?
(a) Snow and ice.
(b) Plague.
(c) Flooding.
(d) Earthquakes.

3. What did the god of the Andes bring?
(a) Peace.
(b) Love, kindness, and charity.
(c) Floods, darkness, and chaos.
(d) War.

4. What are the symbols on the Yucatan's Pyramid of the Magician?
(a) Serpents, spiders, and suns.
(b) Bearded men, spiders, and suns.
(c) Serpents, spiders, and crosses.
(d) Bearded men, serpents, and crosses.

5. Where did the story of Utnapishtim take place?
(a) Central America.
(b) Sumer.
(c) Mesopotamia.
(d) Colombia.

6. What was the weight of the boulders that made up the man-made gate in Chapter 7?
(a) 361 pounds.
(b) 461 tons.
(c) 461 pounds.
(d) 361 tons.

7. Where are the mountains Hancock visited in The Mystery of the Maps?
(a) Central America.
(b) Peru and Bolivia.
(c) Egypt.
(d) Mexico.

8. What did the boats on Suriqui Island resemble?
(a) Images of boats in Egypt.
(b) Images of boats in Europe.
(c) Images of boats in Central America.
(d) Images of boats in Africa.

9. What did the sculptures of Kalasasaya resemble?
(a) A pharoah.
(b) A peasant.
(c) Fish-garbed men.
(d) Viracocha.

10. When was the Antarctic ice cap discovered?
(a) 1618 A.D.
(b) 1518 A.D.
(c) 1718 A.D.
(d) 1818 A.D.

11. What happened at the Temple of the Warriors?
(a) Ritual slaughter.
(b) Initiation into manhood rituals.
(c) Prayer.
(d) Fights to the death.

12. What type of weapon did the god of the Andes have?
(a) Fire.
(b) Wooden.
(c) Poison.
(d) Metal.

13. What was another of Hancock's theories about the maps in Chapter 2?
(a) They were drawn by an advanced civilization that vanished.
(b) They were drawn by apes.
(c) They were drawn by the same person.
(d) They were drawn by an advanced civilization that has remained in hiding.

14. How many stories were discovered world-wide about mankind's near annihilation in Chapter 24?
(a) 50.
(b) 500.
(c) 50,000.
(d) 5,000.

15. What is "Flight of the Condor"?
(a) An airline flight showcasing images of animals on the ground.
(b) A map showing birds' migratory patterns.
(c) A painting of birds.
(d) Birds in flight.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the Admiral Piri Reis map drawn?

2. What was map-maker Gerard Kremer also known as?

3. In Chapter 23, what was used 2,000 years before it was "discovered"?

4. According to Chapter 26, how many years ago did Ice Age glaciation expand to its fullest extent in the world?

5. What did the Oronteus Finaeus Map confirm?

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