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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What destroyed any ancient civilizations in the Olmecs area of Mexico?

2. What illusion appears on the Temple of Kululkan?

3. Where are the mountains Hancock visited in The Mystery of the Maps?

4. What does Lake Titicaca contain?

5. What works of art were found in Tres Zapotes?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the origin of the Mayan's advanced learning explained?

2. Based on Chapter 26, what is currently known about the history of the Ice Age?

3. In Chapter 17, how and why might these giant boulders have been moved?

4. Why did the Ancient Mexican civilizations believe sacrificing children would delay the destruction of the world?

5. Is the theory of Earth-crust displacement plausible?

6. What was Viracocha credited with bringing to Peru?

7. In the Introduction, why did Hancock study the Admiral Piri Reis Map?

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

9. Describe the god Viracocha's appearance.

10. Should the Olmecs' homeland have been destroyed by oil interests?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does this book treat the theory of evolution?

Essay Topic 2

Why is the Giza necropolis in Chapter 49 referred to as "a machine that stimulates questions"? How did the author test this theory?

Essay Topic 3

What unsolved mysteries did the author discuss in the book? How did he go about trying to solve them? What appears to be his motivation for uncovering information that might seem trivial to the average person?

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