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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 7, von Däniken writes that to the north of Damascus lies the terrace of what?
(a) Gibraltar.
(b) Ziusudra.
(c) Baalbek.
(d) Yukatan.

2. How many feet high is the Gate of the Sun at Tiahuanaco?
(a) 20 feet.
(b) 30 feet.
(c) 60 feet.
(d) 10 feet.

3. What is the name of the former keeper of the Egyptian Department of the Vatican who found a text from the time of Thutmose III?
(a) Alberto Tulli.
(b) Andreas Roma.
(c) James Wilson.
(d) Ronald Watson.

4. In Chapter 2, how many tons is the payload in von Däniken's hypothetical spaceship?
(a) 200.
(b) 100.
(c) 300.
(d) 400.

5. The Tibetan books of Tantyua and what also mention prehistoric flying machines?
(a) Kantyua.
(b) Kromiska.
(c) Myarka.
(d) Hrastima.

Short Answer Questions

1. The distance covered by the Mayans from the territory of the old to the new kingdom measures how many miles?

2. The terrace north of Damascus is a platform built of stone blocks, some of which weigh nearly how many tons?

3. What kind of trees does von Däniken assert grew in the Nile Delta at the time of the Great Pyramid's building?

4. Tikal lies how many miles from the Gulf of Honduras?

5. The Mayans believed that a fixed number of steps of a building had to be completed every how many years?

(see the answer key)

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