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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 is one element of the author's thesis in Chapter 52?
2. How tall is the Great Pyramid?
3. What is the Great Pyramid a scale model of?
4. How much does the average block of the Great Pyramid weigh?
5. How many years does it take for the axis angle to make a full cycle oscillation across the range?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did the ancient Egyptians mean when they believed the Sphinx guarded the "Splendid Place at the Beginning of All Time"?
2. Was Jane Sellers correct about the key astronomical numbers playing minor roles in the Osiris myths?
3. What did the author mean in Chapter 33 when he referred to the boats at the base of the Great Pyramid as seeming to be of a quality exceeding the presumed need to transport a dead king to heaven?
4. What two aspects of the Great Pyramid remain a mystery?
5. What theory is the focus of Chapter 51?
6. What is eccentricity?
7. As theorized in Chapter 28, do ancient myth contains a veiled method for expressing the technical terms for advanced astronomy?
8. Is Hancock correct in his assertion that what he discovered that has already happened, can happen again?
9. Explain why seasons occur in different hemispheres.
10. Why did the Greeks build the Great Pyramid with engineering accuracy, whose costs seem to far exceed any benefit?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
According to the book, if modern civilization were to be wiped out and discovered in thousands of years, what artifacts would be found?
Essay Topic 2
Is this book more about the Earth itself or the civilizations who have populated it? Is there a relationship between the two, or are they separate issues that the author explored in his quest to solve mysteries?
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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