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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With whom did Graham Hancock travel in The Mystery of the Maps?
(a) Charles Hapgood.
(b) Santha Faiia.
(c) J. Eric Thompson.
(d) He traveled alone.

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

3. What continent is on the ancient maps in The Mystery of the Maps?
(a) Asia.
(b) Europe.
(c) Antarctica.
(d) Africa.

4. What are Mercator projections?
(a) The transfer of data from globe to paper without distortion.
(b) The projection of a map on a screen.
(c) The projection of a globe on a screen.
(d) The transfer of data from paper to globe without distortion.

5. What illusion appears on the Temple of Kululkan?
(a) A snake.
(b) A sun.
(c) A sundial.
(d) A god.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many steps are there on the Temple of Kukulkan?

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

3. What changes their paths in Mayan myths?

4. What is the theory of earth-crust displacement responsible for?

5. What did the boats on Suriqui Island resemble?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to Chapter 27, what happened to animals during the Ice Age?

2. Why are stories of floods so universal?

3. What evidence is there in Chapter 27 to indicate that the freeze was sudden?

4. In the Introduction, what was Hancock trying to determine?

5. Why is it especially unusual that longitude could have been determined accurately long before the marine chronometer was invented?

6. Is it plausible that the human race was destroyed in each cycle of the Mayans "Suns" calendar?

7. What happened to the hardy, cold-adapted animals during the Ice Age?

8. In Chapter 14, how is the god Quetzlcoatl characterized?

9. How did the ancients come upon their use of pi?

10. What tends to accompany stories of ice ages?

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