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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What major astronomical event took place in the same period that von Däniken wrote the book?
(a) Landing on Mars.
(b) The first moon satellite.
(c) Landing on the moon.
(d) The first Earth satellite.

2. Whose mythology describes the first tribes brought to the North by gods with brazen wings?
(a) Cherokee.
(b) Mayans.
(c) Eskimos.
(d) Incans.

3. In Chapter 1, how many light years might the larger stellar system stretch, according to von Däniken?
(a) 25,000,000.
(b) 1,500,000.
(c) 2,000,000.
(d) 1,000,000.

4. What geometrical figures does von Däniken refer to in Peru?
(a) Sacsahuaman.
(b) Quacksysla.
(c) Topkapi lines.
(d) Nazca lines.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 6, what Mayan legend tells of the gods being able to recognize everything?

2. What friend, to whom von Däniken refers as his travel companion for many years, does he thank in the Introduction?

3. Where were the tablets of King Hammurabi found?

4. Around what time did Thutmose III live, as referred to in Chapter 6?

5. What is the title of Chapter 3?

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