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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 much does the Great Pyramid weigh?

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

3. What is at the base of the Great Pyramid?

4. Who is Jane Sellers?

5. In Chapter 36, what did Hancock explore?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Explain why seasons occur in different hemispheres.

4. Why was Bauval's discovery that Orion's three belt stars are not in a straight line significant?

5. What theory is the focus of Chapter 51?

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

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

8. In Chapter 39, why do you think the Egyptians didn't cut the limestone into smaller pieces to make it easier to move?

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

10. Is Hancock correct in his assertion that what he discovered that has already happened, can happen again?

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

How are historical and ancient maps used throughout the book? What information do they provide, and in what cases do they disprove earlier assumptions? What is a map, and what power can it possess beyond merely providing a picture of or directions to a place?

Essay Topic 3

What did Hancock learn about the Nazca people and their beliefs and values, based on the permanent drawings in the desert they left behind for posterity?

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