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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. What is Heliopolis known as?

2. What did Robert Bauval discover?

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

4. How are the stars Sirius A and B related?

5. What did Hancock propose in Chapter 52?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the cycle of precession?

3. Explain why seasons occur in different hemispheres.

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

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

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

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

9. What theory is the focus of Chapter 51?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does it mean that the ancient Egyptians were using pi in their architectural structures long before it was officially discovered? Does this notion support the possibility that many ancient peoples had skills or technology that were officially invented later, or is a mathematical construct a different type of ability?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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