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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What friend, to whom von Däniken refers as his travel companion for many years, does he thank in the Introduction?
(a) Dr. Stehlin.
(b) Louis Emrich.
(c) Bert Slattery.
(d) Hans Neuner.

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 tons does von Däniken's hypothetical spaceship weigh in Chapter 2?
(a) 150,000.
(b) 100,000.
(c) 250,000.
(d) 230,000.

5. Who published Theory of Satellites in 1927?
(a) Hoerbiger.
(b) Heinberg.
(c) Zinfeld.
(d) Markman.

Short Answer Questions

1. Piri Reis is an admiral from where?

2. How many feet high is the Gate of the Sun at Tiahuanaco?

3. Von Däniken asserts that the Piri Reis maps were derived through what?

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

5. In the mountainous region of Kohistan in Asia, a cave drawing reproduces the exact position of the stars as they were how many years ago?

(see the answer key)

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