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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. What was inside the Second Pyramid?
3. Who were Palermo Stone and Turin Papyrus?
4. What is the Earth's orbit plane extended outward called?
5. What happened to the continent after displacement?
Short Essay Questions
1. What two aspects of the Great Pyramid remain a mystery?
2. Why did specialists misinterpret or ignore Bauval's discovery as evidence of an ancient civilization?
3. Why did Hancock mention his researcher's resignation in Chapter 50?
4. Is Hancock correct in his assertion that what he discovered that has already happened, can happen again?
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. What is the obliquity of the ecliptic?
7. What message did Hancock wish to send to mankind in Chapter 52?
8. What explains the fluctuations in Egyptian agriculture, as explored in Chapter 46?
9. 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?
10. Why was Bauval's discovery that Orion's three belt stars are not in a straight line significant?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe how the Mayan calendar predicts the end of the world in 2012, and many other ancient myths contain a similar warning. What did Hancock think we should do with this information?
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
What was Hancock's view of the history of ancient civilizations' abilities, and what happened to these civilizations?
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