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

2. How did Hancock explore the Great Pyramid in Chapter 37?

3. How much does the average block of the Great Pyramid weigh?

4. What did sacred writings offer evidence of in Chapter 41?

5. How many years is one complete precessional cycle?

Short Essay Questions

1. What accounts for differing ideas of when the Sphinx was built?

2. What two aspects of the Great Pyramid remain a mystery?

3. Is it a coincidence that the Great Pyramid is an accurate scale-model of Earth's northern hemisphere?

4. Was Jane Sellers correct about the key astronomical numbers playing minor roles in the Osiris myths?

5. Why did specialists misinterpret or ignore Bauval's discovery as evidence of an ancient civilization?

6. What is the connection between the Mayans and modern astrologers?

7. Why did Hancock determine that the ancient Egyptians' astronomical observation and knowledge of solar system mechanics was clearer than assumed in Chapter 42?

8. As theorized in Chapter 28, do ancient myth contains a veiled method for expressing the technical terms for advanced astronomy?

9. Why did the Greeks build the Great Pyramid with engineering accuracy, whose costs seem to far exceed any benefit?

10. In Chapter 38, how did the Egyptians manage to drill through granite without the necessary tools?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

What are the ramifications of Hancock's discoveries about the history of Antarctica and the South Pole? How do they relate to contemporary environmental concerns?

Essay Topic 3

According to the book, if modern civilization were to be wiped out and discovered in thousands of years, what artifacts would be found?

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