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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the title of Chapter 1?
(a) Fiery Chariots from the Heavens.
(b) Are There Intelligent Beings in the Cosmos?
(c) When Our Spaceship Landed on Earth.
(d) The Improbable World of the Unexplained.

2. In the Introduction, von Däniken asserts, "There is something _____ about our archeology!"
(a) Inconsistent.
(b) Staid.
(c) Unnecessary.
(d) Stifling.

3. What well-known scientific writer told von Däniken, "The estimated number of stars in our Milky Way alone amounts to 30 billion"?
(a) James Walters.
(b) Willy Ley.
(c) Michael Anderson.
(d) Jan Leys.

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. How many stars does the telescope of even a small observatory make visible, according to von Däniken in Chapter 1?
(a) 2,000,000.
(b) 2,000.
(c) 20,000,000.
(d) 200,000.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the title of Chapter 2?

3. How many fixed stars are in our Milky Way, according to von Däniken in Chapter 1?

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

5. Who worked out the basic rocket equation of space time in Chapter 2?

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