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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How are the stars Sirius A and B related?
(a) A circles B.
(b) B circles A.
(c) They line up with other stars.
(d) They form a circle with other stars.

2. What is remarkable about the use of pi in ancient Egypt?
(a) It was thought to be discovered later by the Romans.
(b) It was thought to be discovered later by the Greeks.
(c) It was thought to be discovered later by the Altruscans.
(d) It was thought to be discovered later by the Phoenicians.

3. What is surprising about the limestone megaliths found in the Great Sphinx?
(a) They could not possibly have been moved.
(b) Granite would have been easier to move than limestone.
(c) Limestone was not found anywhere else.
(d) They could have been cut smaller to be moved more easily.

4. What did sacred writings offer evidence of in Chapter 41?
(a) No technological skills.
(b) Unexpected advanced tehnological skills.
(c) Limited technological skills.
(d) Expected advanced technological skills.

5. What is at the base of the Great Pyramid?
(a) Snakes.
(b) Gods.
(c) Boats.
(d) Cats.

6. What did the Ancient Egyptians understand well, according to Chapter 42?
(a) The mechanics of geometry.
(b) The mechanics of building structures.
(c) The mechanics of the solar system.
(d) The mechanics of language.

7. How much does the average block of the Great Pyramid weigh?
(a) 3.5 tons.
(b) 300 pounds.
(c) 2.5 tons.
(d) 200 pounds.

8. How many gods is Heliopolis associated with?
(a) 9.
(b) 90.
(c) 99.
(d) 19.

9. What is a second element of the author's thesis in Chapter 52?
(a) The near-total impact of cataclysm on civilization.
(b) The partial impact of cataclysm on civilization.
(c) The future impact of cataclysm on civilization.
(d) The lack of impact of cataclysm on civilization.

10. What did Hancock's researcher do in Chapter 50?
(a) Resigned.
(b) Went on an expedition.
(c) Asked for a raise.
(d) Made discoveries.

11. What is described in Chapter 51?
(a) The effects of ocean displacement on the continents.
(b) The effect of Earth-crust displacement on the continents.
(c) The effects of the Ice Age on the continents.
(d) The effects of evolution on the continents.

12. How did Hancock view the lack of a site plan in Chapter 36?
(a) As an anomaly.
(b) As evidence that the Egyptians were not an advanced culture.
(c) As symbolic.
(d) As evidence of another culture's influence.

13. How tall is the Great Pyramid?
(a) 450 meters.
(b) 450 feet.
(c) 350 feet.
(d) 350 meters.

14. What is a third element of the author's thesis in Chapter 52?
(a) The need to bulldoze modern structures so only old ones remain.
(b) The need to mobilize resources to preserve a remnant for ancestry.
(c) The need to protect future generations from knowledge of the past.
(d) The need to mobilize resources to rebuild ancient civilizations.

15. When is it believed that the Great Pyramid was built?
(a) 5,000 B.C.
(b) 4,500 B.C.
(c) 5,400 B.C.
(d) 4,000 B.C.

Short Answer Questions

1. How far does the sun migrate in 72 years?

2. Who was Ramesses II?

3. What is the "Great Return"?

4. What did Robert Bauval discover?

5. How is the Egyptians' knowledge protected, according to Chapter 42?

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