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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. How did Hancock view the lack of a site plan in Chapter 36?

2. How many years does it take for the sun to complete one half-degree shift?

3. In Chapter 31, what are said to be encoded in the myths?

4. What is a second element of the author's thesis in Chapter 52?

5. About how many blocks does the Great Pyramid have?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What message did Hancock wish to send to mankind in Chapter 52?

3. What did the founder of modern Egyptology mean in Chapter 34 when he said that the Great Pyramid's builders "thought like men 100 feet tall"?

4. Explain why seasons occur in different hemispheres.

5. Is Hancock's message in Chapter 52 justified, based on the book as a whole?

6. What did the ancient Egyptians mean when they believed the Sphinx guarded the "Splendid Place at the Beginning of All Time"?

7. Was Hipparchus the first to know about precession?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Chapters 33 through 39, the author seemed to have trouble understanding the mindset of a people (the ancient Egyptians) that would go to such extraordinary lengths to incorporate perfect engineering accuracy into their structures. What possibilities did he consider, and what did he ultimately conclude?

Essay Topic 2

How did Hancock think seemingly primitive peoples like the Nazcans managed to develop an understanding of astronomy, as evidenced by the spider drawing that parallels the Orion constellation?

Essay Topic 3

Did the author believe most of the mysteries of changes in the Earth and ancient peoples have already been solved, or did he think that there is still a lot of work to be done in these areas?

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