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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

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.
(c) 25,000,000.
(d) 2,000,000.

2. The pyramid of Cholula is how many miles south of the Mexican capital?
(a) 30.
(b) 60.
(c) 20.
(d) 50.

3. What electronic item does von Däniken write we have found from many thousands of years ago?
(a) A car.
(b) A flashlight.
(c) A helicopter.
(d) Batteries.

4. What book in the Bible is paralleled by the main thread of the Epic of Gilgamesh?
(a) Genesis.
(b) Exodus.
(c) Moses.
(d) Revelations.

5. The height of the Great Pyramid of Cheops multiplied by a thousand million miles corresponds approximately to the distance of the earth to what?
(a) Jupiter.
(b) The moon.
(c) Venus.
(d) The sun.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which person among the savages would likely be made "king" in the hypothetical space travel of Chapter 2?

2. In Chapter 9, where were all the edifices built according to the Mayan calendar?

3. What do the natives of Easter Island call their land, even today?

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

5. When did Francisco Pizarro question the Incas about Tiahuanaco?

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