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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what superhuman are Viracocha and Quetzalcoatl compared?
(a) Palermo Stone.
(b) Turin Papyrus.
(c) Isis.
(d) Osiris.

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

3. What do the texts of Manetho describe?
(a) Gods punishing everyday Egyptians.
(b) Gods punishing pharoahs.
(c) Pharoahs ruling the Nile Valley.
(d) Gods ruling the Nile Valley.

4. In Chapter 36, what did Hancock explore?
(a) Pyramids with the coffins of peasants.
(b) Pyramids with coffins that have been looted.
(c) Pyramids with the coffins of specific pharaohs.
(d) Pyramids with unidentified, empty coffins.

5. What is the Great Pyramid a scale model of?
(a) Earth's southern hemisphere.
(b) The southern sky.
(c) The northern sky.
(d) Earth's northern hemisphere.

6. How much does the Great Pyramid weigh?
(a) 6 million tons.
(b) 6 thousand tons.
(c) 6 million pounds.
(d) 6 thousand pounds.

7. What theory is ascribed to Charles Hapgood?
(a) Carbon dating.
(b) Evolution.
(c) Earth-crust displacement.
(d) Ocean displacement.

8. How many zodiac constellations are there?
(a) 24.
(b) More than 100.
(c) More than 1,000.
(d) 12.

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

10. What is surprising about the granite used to sculpt the Second Pyramid?
(a) The sculptures appear primitive for that time period.
(b) The type of granite was not found anywhere else.
(c) There is no evidence that the granite could be moved there.
(d) There is no evidence the necessary drilling tools existed.

11. What is Earth's axis tilt called?
(a) Its precess.
(b) Its ecliptic.
(c) Its eccentricity.
(d) Its obliquity.

12. What did Hancock wonder about the Great Pyramid in Chapter 37?
(a) Why the builders used such imprecision on a tomb.
(b) Why the pyramid was not used to bury a pharaoh.
(c) Why the builders used such precision on a tomb.
(d) Why the pharaoh was buried in a pyramid.

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

14. How frequently do the planets line up in the order, on the same date, that the Mayans predicted the Fifth Sun ends?
(a) 45,200.
(b) 4,200.
(c) 45,000.
(d) 4,000.

15. According to Chapter 32, what is the convergence of global myths evidence of?
(a) Many authors.
(b) A common author.
(c) Early writing.
(d) Early migration.

Short Answer Questions

1. When is it believed that the Great Pyramid was built?

2. What was the large Antarctic landmass supporting in Chapter 51?

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

4. What does the chart on page 472 show?

5. What is one element of the author's thesis in Chapter 52?

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