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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What biochemist does von Däniken cite in Chapter 1 as hypothesizing that the conditions for life may have developed more quickly on other planets?
(a) Dr. Donald Warsaw.
(b) Dr. James Wasman.
(c) Dr. Stanley Miller.
(d) Dr. Sarah Stein.

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

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

4. Von Däniken suggests that the planet upon which the hypothetical spaceship lands in Chapter 2 is how many years earlier in development than the Earth?
(a) 8,000.
(b) 9,000.
(c) 5,000.
(d) 10,000.

5. What is the title of Chapter 2?
(a) When Our Spaceship Landed on Earth.
(b) Are There Intelligent Beings in the Cosmos?
(c) Ancient Marvels or Space Travel Centers?
(d) Easter Island - Land of the Bird Men.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the Introduction, von Däniken asserts, "There is something _____ about our archeology!"

2. Von Däniken says in Chapter 2, "Let us assume that our spaceship will leave the earth for an unknown distant sun in ____ years' time."

3. What astronomer estimates that there are some 10 to the 20th-power stars within the range of our telescopes?

4. How many stars does the telescope of even a small observatory make visible, according to von Däniken in Chapter 1?

5. What electronic item does von Däniken write we have found from many thousands of years ago?

(see the answer key)

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