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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many feet high is the Gate of the Sun at Tiahuanaco?
(a) 20 feet.
(b) 10 feet.
(c) 60 feet.
(d) 30 feet.

2. The ancient Indian epic which is more comprehensive than the Bible is called what?
(a) Mahabharata.
(b) Oresnso.
(c) Gilgamesh.
(d) Sterilitis.

3. Tikal lies how many miles from the Gulf of Honduras?
(a) 150.
(b) 109.
(c) 130.
(d) 200.

4. In Chapter 3, von Däniken writes that our historical past is pieced together through what kind of knowledge?
(a) Written.
(b) Oral.
(c) Visual.
(d) Indirect.

5. Whose calendar is considered by von Däniken to be the most accurate in the world?
(a) Mayans.
(b) Egyptians.
(c) Aztecs.
(d) Eskimos.

Short Answer Questions

1. The pre-Incan people believed that the gods came down to them from the constellation of what?

2. Whose story in Indian mythology is paralleled by the story of Enoch and Elijah of the Bible?

3. Who created the geometric features in Peru which von Däniken discusses in Chapter 3?

4. What is the name of the pyramid that is the biggest of the Mayans, belonging to the god Kukulkan?

5. Von Däniken asserts that the stone relief representing the god Kukumatz is on a what?

(see the answer key)

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