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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. If the Egyptians had a daily piece rate of 10 blocks in a stack, they would have built the Great Pyramid in how many years?
(a) 567.
(b) 333.
(c) 879.
(d) 664.

2. How long did the development of the telephone take?
(a) 56 years.
(b) 60 years.
(c) 22 years.
(d) 30 years.

3. What is the title of Chapter 10?
(a) The Mysteries of South America and Other Oddities.
(b) Tomorrow.
(c) The Search for Direct Communication.
(d) The Earth's Experience in Space.

4. What is the title of Chapter 7?
(a) Ancient Marvels or Space Travel Centers?
(b) The Improbable World of the Unexpected.
(c) Are There Intelligent Beings in the Cosmos?
(d) Easter Island - Land of the Bird Men.

5. In what year was a stone relief of the god Kukumatz found in Palenque?
(a) 1935.
(b) 1900.
(c) 1890.
(d) 1739.

6. Who is attributed today as the inspirer and builder of the Great Pyramid?
(a) Pharaoh Tkya.
(b) Pharaoh Kanaa.
(c) Pharaoh Rameses.
(d) Pharaoh Khufu.

7. What Russian professor considers it possible that the terrace north of Damascus may have been an airfield?
(a) Professor Bryg.
(b) Professor Anderson.
(c) Professor Brahm.
(d) Professor Agrest.

8. What does von Däniken say that scientists estimate the world population to be in 2050?
(a) 8.7 billion.
(b) 10.5 billion.
(c) 4.6 billion.
(d) 9.2 billion.

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

10. What is the title of Chapter 11?
(a) The Improbable World of the Unexplained.
(b) The Search for Direct Communication.
(c) Are There Intelligent Beings in the Cosmos?
(d) Tomorrow.

11. What newspaper is cited in Chapter 10 with the headline "Stimulus from Moon Rockets"?
(a) Der Zich.
(b) Die Ziet.
(c) Ein Zech.
(d) Der Stern.

12. When did Greek sponge divers discover a wrecked ship loaded with marble and bronze statues?
(a) 1920.
(b) 1900.
(c) 1950.
(d) 1800.

13. As far as the tunneling techniques, von Däniken says that the tomb of Tety in the 6th dynasty is no different than whose of the New Kingdom?
(a) Tukatatan.
(b) Tukukaana I.
(c) Rameses I.
(d) Rameses II.

14. What is the title of Chapter 8?
(a) The Mysteries of South America and Other Oddities.
(b) Easter Island - Land of the Bird Men.
(c) The Search for Direct Communication.
(d) The Earth's Experience in Space.

15. The statues of Easter Island were between 33 and ___ feet high.
(a) 75.
(b) 66.
(c) 43.
(d) 27.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is the title of Chapter 9?

4. In what year did the Nautilus experiment end?

5. Who acted as leader of the project in Green Bank, West Virginia from Chapter 11?

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