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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. In Chapter 38, how did Hancock observe the Great Pyramid?

2. What was the large Antarctic landmass supporting in Chapter 51?

3. What was inside the Second Pyramid?

4. How many years does it take for the sun to shift 60 degrees?

5. What effect forces the Earth's axis to wobble slowly clockwise while it spins counter-clockwise?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What explains the fluctuations in Egyptian agriculture, as explored in Chapter 46?

4. In Chapter 36, which explanation for the pyramids with empty coffins is the most plausible?

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

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

7. 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"?

8. How did Hancock resolve the absence of any lost continent in Chapter 50?

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

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

What role do deities play in the book? In what different places do you find deities that are similar in appearance and action? What do they tell us about ancient religion?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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