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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the geometric features of Peru resemble to von Däniken?
(a) An ancient runway.
(b) A symbol to spaceships.
(c) A symbol of a god.
(d) An extraterrestrial language.

2. Von Däniken asserts in Chapter 1 that even on planet Earth there are organisms which live without what?
(a) Carbon.
(b) Oxygen.
(c) Hydrogen.
(d) Electricity.

3. What astronomer estimates that there are some 10 to the 20th-power stars within the range of our telescopes?
(a) Bruno Michela.
(b) Jan Leys.
(c) Hal Holbrook.
(d) Harlow Shapley.

4. How many different species of living creatures are estimated to live on Earth, according to von Däniken?
(a) 25,000,000.
(b) 35,000,500.
(c) 2,000,000.
(d) 25,000.

5. Von Däniken is concerned with the fact that the edges of the Piri Reis maps do what at the edges?
(a) Crumble.
(b) Distort.
(c) Show radiation.
(d) Disappear.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of Chapter 2?

2. How many tons does von Däniken's hypothetical spaceship weigh in Chapter 2?

3. The first "tourist" photos were radioed to Earth from Mars in the spring of what year?

4. In Chapter 1, how many planetary systems does the scientific writer tell von Däniken are considered possible by present-day astronomers?

5. In Chapter 2, what are the fuel supplies in the rocket which can reach almost the speed of light converted to ?

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