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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 1, von Däniken suggests that our solar system may be only a tiny part of a considerably larger stellar system containing how many galaxies?
(a) 20.
(b) 1,000.
(c) 200.
(d) 40.

2. From where in the Bible does von Däniken cite the story of Sodom and Gomorrah?
(a) Genesis 3:12-21.
(b) Genesis 6:4.
(c) Genesis 19:1-28.
(d) Genesis 4:1.

3. In the Introduction, what does von Däniken suggest must take over the work of archeological research?
(a) Museum curators.
(b) Astronauts.
(c) Novelists.
(d) Modern laboratories.

4. How many days is the Venusian year in Mayan understandings?
(a) 584.
(b) 265.
(c) 150.
(d) 365.

5. In what language were the tablets of King Hammurabi written?
(a) Hebrew.
(b) Akkadian.
(c) Sanskrit.
(d) Sumerian.

Short Answer Questions

1. Von Däniken is concerned with the fact that the edges of the Piri Reis maps do what at the edges?

2. What geometrical figures does von Däniken refer to in Peru?

3. From what Biblical verse does von Däniken cite the "giants" he refers to in Chapter 4?

4. How many tons of fuel would be on von Däniken's hypothetical spaceship in Chapter 2?

5. 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?

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